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Texas State Technical College to Resume Some In-Person Classes on Monday

Texas State Technical College announced yesterday that it will resume in-person classes for some students on Monday, May 4, amid the coronavirus pandemic. These classes will resume at the college’s 10 campuses, reported the Waco Tribune-Herald, which added that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has authorized the return of students if they are in […]

April 30, 2020

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Oprah is Commencement Speaker at FB’s May 15 Virtual Graduation Ceremony

Celebrated talk show host Oprah Winfrey will serve as commencement speaker for the hundreds of thousands of college seniors who are unable to attend their graduation ceremonies due to the coronavirus-related campus shutdowns. Winfrey will deliver her address virtually at an online graduation ceremony that will be hosted by social media giant Facebook next month. […]

April 30, 2020

Howard U President Named Co-Chair of a ReOpen DC Subcommittee

Howard University President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick has been named co-chair of a subcommittee that’s part of the newly created ReOpen DC initiative, the university said in a statement. Dr. Frederick will co-chair the Equity, Disparity Reduction, Vulnerable Populations Subcommittee which is tasked with advising on recovery efforts in communities hardest hit by the […]

April 30, 2020

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U of Alaska to Furlough All Senior Administrators, Including President, Chancellors

The beleaguered University of Alaska (UA) this week said it will furlough all of its top administrators, including the institution’s president, chancellors and deans, in the upcoming fiscal year, to deal with revenue loss due to the coronavirus pandemic, reported Alaska Public Radio. UA has also furloughed 120 lower-level employees. The university is already grappling […]

April 30, 2020

Who Will Be the Educational Architects After COVID-19?

COVID-19 sent shock waves around the nation as residents throughout the United States braced for the fallout of this pandemic. To date close to hundreds upon thousands of Americans in all fifty states have contracted the virus. Worse, lives have been shattered by the untimely deaths of loved ones suddenly stricken with failed respiratory systems. Similarly, once gainfully employed workers are now economically distressed. That is to say, some 22 million Americans have applied for unemployment insurance. Overall, the nation’s system of going about our normal daily lives has forever changed. Yet when we emerge from the shadows of what will be historically categorized as a dark moment in time for the entire world, how will everyday people go about rebuilding facets of their lives?

April 30, 2020

DEIDRÉ KELLER

DEIDRÉ KELLER has been appointed dean of the Florida A&M University College of Law in Orlando. Currently a professor and associate dean at the Claude W. Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University, Keller holds a bachelor’s degree in English and sociology from Yale University as well as a law degree with honors from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta.

April 30, 2020

DANIEL O. WILSON

DANIEL O. WILSON has been appointed vice president for enrollment management at Chowan University in Murfreesboro, North Carolina. Most recently dean of student and enrollment services at Nash Community College in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Wilson holds a bachelor’s in sociology from Longwood University; a master’s in human services from Liberty University; and a Ph.D. in organizational leadership from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology

April 30, 2020

VALORA RICHARDSON

VALORA RICHARDSON has been named director of Hampton University Online. Previously assistant director of technology-enhanced teaching and learning at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Richardson holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Georgia State University, a master’s degree in technical communication from what is now Kennesaw State University in Marietta, Georgia and a Ph.D. in instructional technology from Georgia State.

April 30, 2020

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Initiatives Seek to Broaden Access to Legal Counsel for Rural Residents

To illustrate the dire need for more attorneys in rural America, a University of Arkansas Bowen School of Law professor tells the story of an older lawyer, well beyond typical retirement age, who wouldn’t leave his job in a one-lawyer town until a younger legal mind came to take his place.

April 30, 2020

Meharry Medical College’s Dr. James E.K. Hildreth Weighs In On COVID-19

Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, infectious disease expert and president of Meharry Medical College, the nation’s oldest and largest historically Black academic health science center, discusses COVID-19, from the nation’s response, to the need for a “new normal,” to HBCUs and, of course, the science behind the novel coronavirus.

April 30, 2020

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Howard University Hospital Doctors Prepare For a Potential Surge in COVID-19 Patients

For infectious diseases doctor Siham Mahgoub, some diligent “detective work” and plenty of curiosity are what many medical breakthroughs in challenging patient cases are made of. Now that she is on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mahgoub admits that the stakes are higher and the learning curve is steep, but her approach remains the same.

April 30, 2020

Webinar Discusses How Institutions Are Supporting Latinx Students During The Pandemic

Since its establishment 15 years ago, Excelencia in Education has looked at how colleges and universities across the country are intentionally serving and supporting Latinx students. Now, rather than looking at the need to increase enrollment and retention among Latinx students, the focus has shifted into how schools can best support them during the time of a pandemic.

April 29, 2020

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With a Stirring Recital, the Nation’s First Youth Poet Laureate Inspires Hope

At 18, Amanda Gorman made history when she was named the nation’s inaugural Youth Poet Laureate in 2017, a post that she felt had been a lifetime in the making. For Gorman, who published her first collection of poetry at 16, this literary honor afforded her a big open door — and a world stage.

April 29, 2020

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Community College of Baltimore County Awarded $213,237 for Nursing Scholarships

Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) has received a three-year, $213,237 grant to fund scholarships for continuing education students who are pursuing a Certified Nursing Assistant or Geriatric Nursing Assistant Certificate. Gifted by the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Foundation, the grant supports the Stulman GNA Scholars Initiative to fulfill the growing demand for professionals […]

April 29, 2020

Three More Universities Announce Face-to-Face Fall Semester

Three more universities have announced they plan to reopen for the fall semester with in-person classes, campus housing and dining facilities, and with enhanced coronavirus protection protocols. Washburn University, based in Topeka, Kansas, said it plans to take extra steps for the safety of everyone on campus and will institute appropriate social distancing and enhanced […]

April 29, 2020

Cal Maritime Academy to Resume Limited In-Person Classes in May

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, California Maritime State University Academy (Cal Maritime) has received permission to resume limited in-person classes for this semester, starting in May, reported the Associated Press. The academy also hopes it can send 350 students and staff on its annual summer training cruise, which is a graduation requirement for cadets, said the […]

April 29, 2020

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Iowa State U Plans In-Person Fall Reopening With Sports Activities

Iowa State University plans to reopen for fall 2020 with students and faculty on campus and college sports resuming. The institution’s fall plan “must include strategies for resuming as a residential campus with students, student athletes, faculty, and staff, resuming their university roles physically on campus,” said institution president Wendy Wintersteen in a letter to […]

April 29, 2020

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Learning How to Learn: Why Faculty Should Re-Think Learning Objectives as They Approach Final Exams

If colleges and universities are truly ‘student-centric’ then we should be re-thinking our course learning objectives during these final weeks of the semester. We must recognize that classes may not be the most important thing in our student’s lives during this pandemic.

April 29, 2020