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Cuomo Urges NY Colleges & Universities to Ramp Up Campus Testing to Avoid Full Remote Learning

New York’s colleges and universities that are testing at least a quarter of their on-campus student and faculty population can be exempt from going to full remote learning if COVID-19 positivity rates increase, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Friday. He set the testing minimum at 25% of total on-campus students, faculty and staff tested weekly for a college or university […]

February 22, 2021

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Helping College Students Cope with Mental Health Issues

The pandemic has highlighted how important mental health is and how impactful mental wellness can be. Knowing what resources are available can be crucial, especially for college students. Doug Wermedal, South Dakota State University’s associate vice president of student affairs, says the school has a counseling center on campus which has seen a 15% increase […]

February 22, 2021

South Dakota State University

Who Is Giving the COVID Vaccines? States Scramble to Find Vaccinators

Beating back Covid-19 right now comes down to balancing supply and demand. With hopes pinned to vaccines, demand has far outstripped the supply of doses. But, as an increasing number of vaccine vials are shipped in coming weeks, the concern about shortages may well shift to human capital: the vaccinators themselves. “We need to mobilize […]

February 22, 2021

Colleges and Universities Must Revise Traditional Model, Ensure Technological Resources, Focus on Partnerships

The continuing economic, social and mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are only now starting to be fully understood, but the impacts on public colleges and universities are still quite unknown.

February 22, 2021

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After Harvard Refuses to Take Up His Tenure Case, Dr. Cornel West Threatens to Leave

Dr. Cornel West—arguably one of the nation’s most prominent Black intellectuals—is contemplating leaving Harvard for the second time, after the university has refused to grant him tenure. West, who had been a tenured full professor at Harvard left in 2002 amid a public spat with Dr. Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard. He returned to […]

February 21, 2021

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Wake Forest Launches African American Studies Program

Wake Forest University will offer both a major and minor in African American Studies. Propelled by faculty and led by a prestigious scholar on race, Wake Forest’s African American Studies program received an enormous boost with an anonymous $1 million gift.

February 21, 2021

AACC, NSF Team Up to Encourage Student Innovation at Community Colleges

To further advance the innovation skills of community college students, the National Science Foundation and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) collaborated to relaunch an entrepreneurial competition. As part of the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC), alongside administrator or faculty member mentorship, teams of two to four students create proposals to address real-world issues […]

February 19, 2021

James Kvaal Announced as New Under Secretary of Education

On Friday, President Joe R. Biden announced that James Kvaal will serve as under secretary of education. Kvaal comes to the position with experience in government and higher education. He is president of the Institute for College Access & Success and previously served as the deputy domestic policy adviser under President Barack Obama. He’s also […]

February 19, 2021

Institutions Make Curricular Changes in Response To Black Lives Matter Flashpoint

After the death of George Floyd last summer and the increase in protests against anti-Black violence, institutions began announcing plans to address racial inequity and systemic racism on campus. As part of this effort, many colleges and universities across the country have focused on finding ways to incorporate principles of the Black Lives Matter movement and anti-racism into the curriculum.

February 19, 2021

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Dr. Larry E. Rivers Offers In-Depth Look Into the Life of an Enslaved Preacher in New Book

Dr. Larry E. Rivers’ deeply researched and inspiring book Father James Page: An Enslaved Preacher’s Climb to Freedom traces an overseer’s life and an enslaved preacher from slavery to freedom.

February 19, 2021

Dr. Julia Chinyere Oparah Appointed Provost at University of San Francisco

Ethnic studies scholar Dr. Julia Chinyere Oparah, provost and dean of the faculty at Mills College, will become provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of San Francisco, effective July 12. During her tenure at Mills, Oparah led a number of advancements, such as the Mills Promise Program, Mills’s first fully online […]

February 19, 2021

Dr. Julia Chinyere Oparah

Education Company EAB to Acquire Student Success Platform Starfish

Education company EAB will acquire Hobsons’ student success platform, Starfish. As Starfish joins EAB, hundreds of colleges and universities will join EAB’s Student Success Collaborative network. “Starfish has helped more than five million students stay on their postsecondary roadmaps to success and graduation,” EAB CEO David Felsenthal said. “By adding the Starfish team and technology […]

February 19, 2021

Ferris State University Launches Free Tuition Program for Low-Income Students

Ferris State University is implementing a program that will give free tuition to students with high financial needs, MLive reported. The Ferris Launch program – available to first-time college students starting fall 2021 – will cover tuition for students with a 3.0 high school GPA whose expected family contribution is zero. At FSU, tuition is $443 per […]

February 19, 2021

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Three New Jersey Universities Suffer Racist Attacks at Black History Month Events

Rutgers University, Rider University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology have reported racist incidents during virtual Black History Month events, CNN reported. The three New Jersey schools have said they are investigating. Rutgers faced a “Zoom-bombing” during its Black History Month programs. Also at the school, another attack took place at the Feb. 11 […]

February 19, 2021

A Q&A with Sherryta D. Freeman, Director of Athletics at Lafayette College

We sit down for a Q&A with Sherryta D. Freeman, director of athletics at Lafayette College.

February 19, 2021

Pentagon Report Details Extremism in Military

A previously unpublicized October 2020 Pentagon report to Congress has detailed the existence of extremism in the U.S. military, CQ Roll Call reported. It also describes the ways in which the military is attempting to excise and bar extremists. The degree to which Neo-Nazism and white supremacy are present in the military is rare but […]

February 19, 2021

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Bill for Charter Schools for Military Dependents Passes Alabama Senate

A bill allowing for the creation of charter schools for military dependents passed unanimously in the Alabama Senate last week, Montgomery Advertiser reported. The proposal – from Republican Sen. Will Barfoot – will make it so that a charter school can open within one mile of a base that focuses on military dependents. Children of those assigned to […]

February 19, 2021

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Head of Army War College Under Investigation for “Allegation of Inappropriate Touching”

Army War College Commandant Maj. Gen. Stephen Maranian – suspended earlier this month – is being investigated for abusive sexual contact with an Army civilian, Task & Purpose reported. The U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Command are investigating the case, said Col. Cathy Wilkinson, chief of Army media relations. “These are allegations at this time and […]

February 19, 2021

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