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Atlanta Public Schools to Begin COVID-19 Surveillance Testing
Atlanta Public Schools superintendent Lisa Herring announced on Monday plans to begin COVID-19 surveillance testing within the school district. The district, in a statement, said the weekly testing will allow them to be proactive and identify the presence of the virus, even in individuals who may be asymptomatic. Read More
January 25, 2021
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Almost 3,000 School Staffers Get COVID-19 Vaccinations Through University Health
Sidney Lanier High School college advisor Kassandra Peña’s anxiety mounted while she stood in line at Wonderland of the Americas mall to receive a COVID-19 vaccination last week. Peña’s anxiety did not stem from questioning the science behind the vaccine. It came simply from not receiving an immunization in several years and some lingering concerns […]
January 25, 2021
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La Roche University Offering New Online Health Care Certificate Programs
La Roche University is offering two new online certificate programs. The health leadership program will begin this spring. The university says it is for those looking for active and effective roles in the healthcare system. Read More
January 25, 2021
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UNC Program Gives Students Opportunity to Get Hands-On Health Care Work Experience
Students are getting hands-on service experience working in health care — even during a pandemic. The Carolina COVID-19 Student Services Corps allows UNC students to volunteer for service activities related to COVID-19 safety. Here’s what the program is and how it works. Read More
January 25, 2021
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Savannah College Gets $4.8M to Train Workers Amid Pandemic
A community college in Savannah has been awarded $4.8 million to help train more workers, including those who have lost jobs during the pandemic. Read More
January 25, 2021
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South Florida Colleges and Universities Want COVID Vaccines. Here’s What They’re Doing
Colleges and universities in South Florida are among those who are pining for the COVID-19 vaccine. Some schools like Broward College have applied to be a vaccination site. Others like Miami Dade College and Florida International University are working to secure appointments for their faculty and staff. Read More
January 25, 2021
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As Students Return to Dorms After COVID Spike, Philly Colleges Implement Rapid Testing
Many college students across the country are now back in their dorms after winter break on the heels of a December where the Philadelphia region faced its deadliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak. In order to mitigate the spread of the virus, many area colleges required students to test negative for COVID-19 before they could […]
January 25, 2021
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Panel Offers Recommendations On How Best to Recruit and Retain Faculty of Color
Higher education leaders offered strategies to recruit more faculty of color during a panel discussion at the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ (AAC&Us) 2021 Virtual Meeting.
January 24, 2021
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2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Eric L. Piza
As public safety and community well-being come under scrutiny, the scholarship of Dr. Eric L. Piza, associate professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, provides insight into policing and alternative approaches to public safety as well as evidence-based solutions.
January 22, 2021
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2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Soua Xiong
As a child of Vietnam War refugees, Dr. Soua Xiong always wanted to make his parents proud. To do so, he sought the route of higher education in hopes of being able to financially support his family.
January 22, 2021
International
International Students Sue Western Iowa Tech Community College, Alleging Forced Labor
About a dozen international students are suing Western Iowa Tech Community College, accusing the school of forced labor and trafficking, NBC News reported. The lawsuit – filed last Monday – accuses the school of coercing students from Brazil and Chile to come to the school under a J-1 visa program. Students were told the program […]
January 22, 2021
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U.S. Military Gives Louisiana State University $9.3 Million to Assist in Flood Preparations
The U.S. military has given Louisiana State University $9.3 million over the next four years to help the military prepare for flooding and rising seas, Associated Press reported. This comes as part of a collaboration between LSU, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory and the University of Delaware. Given that there […]
January 22, 2021
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Federal Law Requires West Point to Rename Buildings Named After Confederacy
West Point will have to rename buildings and roads named after Confederate generals due to a new federal law, Times Herald-Record reported. This will include a road, a stone gate and Lee Barracks – all named after rebel commander Robert E. Lee, who attended and was superintendent at West Point. The school also has a […]
January 22, 2021
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Sen. Gillibrand to Work on Legislation Extending Discrimination Protections to Troops
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said she would work on legislation to extend legal protections against discrimination to U.S. troops, Reuters reported. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or religion. The U.S. government has considered military […]
January 22, 2021
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Nearly Third of Black U.S. Military Members Reporting Suffering Racial Discrimination or Harassment, Unlikely to Report
Almost a third of Black U.S. military servicemembers reported suffering racial discrimination and/or harassment during a 12-month period, according to results of a 2017 Defense Department survey, Reuters reported. Troops who suffered racial discrimination or harassment had high dissatisfaction with the complaint process and mostly did not report, according to the survey. The Pentagon’s release […]
January 22, 2021
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Biden Proposes New Immigration Legislation That Would Impact Undocumented Students
President Joseph R. Biden had a busy first day in office. Alongside a slew of executive orders and memorandums, he proposed new immigration legislation, celebrated by undocumented students and their advocates.
January 21, 2021
News Roundup
Columbia University Life Executive Vice President Suzanne Goldberg Joins Biden Administration
Columbia University Executive Vice President for University Life Suzanne Goldberg will be stepping down from her role and taking a temporary leave of absence as law school faculty to join the Biden-Harris administration, the Columbia Daily Spectator reported. It is unclear what Goldberg’s role in the administration will be. Her Chief of Staff Radhika Patel, […]
January 21, 2021
Opinion
Time for Anti-Racism: A Way Forward for America and Higher Education
Anti-racism seems to have found its moment, although Classical Studies in specific has some heavy lifting to undo the role of its legacy as a bastion of white supremacy. Vassar College classics professor Curtis Dozier acknowledges this and has an online platform, Pharos, whose “first purpose is to document appropriations of Greco-Roman culture by hate groups online.”
January 21, 2021
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