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Sacred Heart Gets $2.4M to Combat Opioid Crisis Among Underserved
Connecticut residents are more likely to die of an unintentional drug overdose –most from prescription opioids – than in a car accident, according to Connecticut’s Department of Public Health. That’s why Sacred Heart University, based in Fairfield, Conn., is taking new steps to combat the opioid crisis. It just accepted a $2.4-million grant for a […]
July 22, 2019
HBCUs
The Future of Higher Education and Industry
Social media manager. App developer. Uber driver and Podcast producer. These are just a few of the many jobs that didn’t exist 35 years ago. And as current trends go, there will undoubtedly be a number of new professions that will be created over the next decade or so, forcing higher education leaders to rethink how they train and prepare students for the emerging workforce.
July 22, 2019
Students
Corporate Model ‘Chipping Away’ at Essence of Academy: Five Issues
As universities nationwide are implementing the corporate model, faculty need to deal with issues of how the model is spreading to many aspects of university life and is negatively impacting students, especially first-generation students.
July 22, 2019
Academics
How Young Troops Could Be Getting Hosed On Their Military Education Benefits
Lawmakers are considering overhauling the Montgomery GI Bill program amid concerns from advocates that most new service members are paying into the education benefit despite no real value to them. “(The Montgomery GI Bill) is now little more than a superfluous tax on troops,” Will Hubbard, chief of staff of Student Veterans of America, told lawmakers during a […]
July 21, 2019
Academics
Military Eyes 16-Year-Olds As Ranks And Candidates Dwindle
The best way to fix the U.S. armed forces’ recruiting challenges may involve dipping further into the nation’s high schools. As the Army, Navy and other services contend with a thriving economy and a directive to expand their ranks, there is a growing debate over whether the military should consider lowering the minimum enlistment age from […]
July 21, 2019
Veterans
Nonprofit Organization Helping Military Veterans Transition To College During Academic ‘Boot Camps’
An Oklahoma university is teaming up with a nonprofit organization to help military veterans transition to college. The Warrior-Scholar Project hosts immersive academic boot camps for enlisted military veterans who are transitioning from active duty military service to college. Read More
July 21, 2019
Veterans
Despite Opposition, Gamecocks Pick Retired General As School’s Next President
A divided University of South Carolina board of trustees voted Friday to hire retired Army Gen. Robert Caslen as its next president. After a rare contentious meeting, the school’s board of trustees rejected protests from faculty, some students and several politicians in choosing Caslen, the former superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. […]
July 21, 2019
News Roundup
CalArts Community Arts Partnership Gets a New Director
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) has tapped Dr. Veronica Alvarez to be the new Director of its CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP). In this role, Alvarez will oversee the school’s initiatives, which include providing arts education, free of charge, to youth throughout Los Angeles County, often in the county’s high need neighborhoods. “Veronica has […]
July 21, 2019
Latest News
ICIE Conference Makes Debut at HBCU
Carol Chang Goodwin, a school counselor in the Alief Independent School District, took a few days of her summer vacation to study abroad even though she traveled only about an hour from her home. She wanted to hear and see what she and educators from around the world had in common and what they were doing differently.
July 20, 2019
News Roundup
Morehouse Staffer on Unpaid Leave Amidst Sex Assault Probe
An assistant director of student services has been placed on unpaid administrative leave at Morehouse College as the all-male Atlanta HBCU investigates allegations by several students that the employee sexually assaulted them, CBS Atlanta has reported. The accusers posted videos of themselves on Twitter in which they accuse DeMarcus Crews of unwanted sexual advances. The […]
July 20, 2019
HBCUs
Activist Fights to Empower Young Change Agents
For Mary-Pat Hector, a 2019 graduate of Spelman College and national youth director for the National Action Network (NAN) since 13 years-old, tackling food insecurity on college campuses, growing youth entrepreneurship, sustaining communities, encouraging wellness and fighting for reproductive justice are some of the most salient issues she is addressing in this current moment.
July 19, 2019
Community Colleges
Virginia Announces Plans for Easier Credit Transfers
This week, the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia announced their approved plans to provide community college students a smoother transition into a four year institution.The Passport Program requires community college students to take general education classes that would be accepted at almost every public four-year university.
July 19, 2019
Faculty & Staff
New California Bill Benefits Part-Time Community College Faculty
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law that will eliminate the three-year cap on the transfer of sick leave between districts at all education levels.
July 19, 2019
News Roundup
New Bill Addresses Barriers to Upward Bound Grants
The U.S. Department of Education rejected grants from one of the TRIO programs, Upward Bound, a few years ago because of clerical errors such as incorrect fonts and margins. A new bill – the Educational Opportunities and Success Act – was introduced to prevent those type of slips from getting in the way of federal […]
July 19, 2019
News Roundup
No Stings as Idaho State Removes Huge Beehive
Beekeepers, aided by maintenance workers, have removed roughly 30,000 bees that built a huge hive inside an Idaho State University campus landmark. The bees were safely transported from the stone-and-wood Swanson Arch to a hive box at a nearby farm on Friday, according to an Associated Press report in the Idaho State Journal. Beekeeper Sarah […]
July 19, 2019
Latest News
New Report Finds Stark Inequity in Chicago Higher Education
None of the Chicago-area four-year public universities, as of 2016, has been able to graduate more than half of their Black and Latinx students. The Partnership for College Completion shared this and other findings in a report released yesterday, based on a regional study of college enrollment and graduation rates for slow-income and minority students in and around Chicago.
July 18, 2019
Community Colleges
California Using Scholarships to Lure Students to Community College
To assist with the other costs of college besides tuition, the Los Rios Community College District has announced a new $750,000 scholarship for first-year students.The scholarship was funded by Wells Fargo, SAFE Credit Union, Sutter Health and VSP Global and was created as an incentive for students to enroll in college.
July 18, 2019
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Pitt Urban Education Forum Dissects School-to-Prison Pipeline
Using education and activism to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline is an ongoing battle that is as fierce as ever, according to speakers on the opening day of the 2019 Summer Educator Forum presented by the Center for Education at the University of Pittsburgh.
July 18, 2019
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