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Widener University Adjusts Prison Education Program to Serve Students During COVID-19

Over the last year, COVID-19 has put many prison education programs on pause due to visitation limitations and lack of internet access. However, through a longstanding partnership between Widener University and Chester State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania (SCI-Chester)—an all-male correctional facility—remote learning was modified to meet the needs of students behind bars.

April 26, 2021

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A Commitment to Newsroom Diversity? MSNBC and ABC Appoint Black Women to Lead

The recent appointment of two Black women—Rashida Jones and Kimberly Godwin—to run major U.S. media companies, is a firm step in the right direction, according to media observers who have long been pushing for increased diversity in newsrooms across the nation.

April 26, 2021

Hampton University Mobile Health Unit Brings Vaccines to Communities

Hampton University requires all of its faculty and staff to be vaccinated by May 31. Employees won’t have to look far to meet that requirement, thanks to some innovative thinking from the school. Read More

April 26, 2021

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U of U Health Offers Reassurance About the Safety and Necessity of COVID-19 Vaccines

In the summer of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic gained ever greater traction in the United States and across the world, 24-year-old Natasha went home to see her parents in Colorado. The University of Utah employee had worked hard to stay up-to-date on scientific understanding of the virus. Her parents were both at high-risk of […]

April 26, 2021

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Augusta University Health System Loses $20M, Plans Cost Cuts

The Augusta University Health is looking to cut costs after running a $20 million deficit in the first nine months of its budget year. The deficit stems from increased costs, coming at least in part from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

April 26, 2021

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Maternal Mortality Rates Considered Crisis in US, Especially for Black Women

Maternal mortality rates are being considered a crisis in the United States. Vice President Kamala Harris is calling for urgent action as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die while giving birth. Lisa Saul, president of the Mother and Baby Clinical Service […]

April 26, 2021

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Future Nurses, Doctors Want Pandemic Lessons to Create Better Health Care

Sang Hee Baek started nursing school at the University of Toronto last fall as the second wave of the pandemic was putting health-care staff in parts of the country through an endurance test, making her wonder if she’d made the right career choice. Nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists and others working with COVID-19 patients were becoming […]

April 26, 2021

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Black or ‘Other’? Doctors May Be Relying on Race to Make Decisions About Your Health

When she first learned about race correction, Naomi Nkinsi was one of five Black medical students in her class at the University of Washington. Nkinsi remembers the professor talking about an equation doctors use to measure kidney function. The professor said eGFR equations adjust for several variables, including the patient’s age, sex and race. When […]

April 26, 2021

California’s Public Universities to Require COVID-19 Vaccine

Two of the nation’s largest university systems say they intend to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff on University of California and California State University campuses this fall. Read More

April 26, 2021

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Diverse Jury Saw George Floyd as Human and Delivered Justice

One aspect of the Derek Chauvin verdicts in the murder of George Floyd that people fail to see is how there’s justice in diversity—if you let diversity work.

April 26, 2021

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Purdue University Global and CityWorks DC Partner to Support D.C. Area High School Students With Career Prep

Purdue University Global and CityWorks DC have partnered to support D.C. area high school students with career preparation. CareerWise DC offers a three-year applied-learning environment for students and a talent-acquisition strategy for businesses, according to Purdue officials. Purdue Global will help in various ways, including providing support to assist students and educating them on industry […]

April 26, 2021

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U.S. Education Secretary Host Roundtable for Students Who’ve Experienced Homelessness

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona held a virtual roundtable with U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-WV and Patty Murray D-WA on Apr. 23 to speak to students who have experienced homelessness, according to the U.S. Education Department. The Education Department has announced plans to distribute $800 million in American Rescue Plan funds to states to support […]

April 26, 2021

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Dr. Christopher Johnson Named Dean at University of West Georgia’s Business School

Dr. Christopher Johnson has been named dean of University of West Georgia’s Richards College of Business. Johnson will begin Jul. 1. Johnson is currently the associate dean at the University of North Florida’s Coggin College of Business. Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Alabama.

April 26, 2021

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College of William & Mary Closes Confucius Institute

The College of William & Mary has announced the closure of its Confucius Institute in June. The Athenai Institute, a student-led organization, has been pushing higher ed institutions to remove Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence from U.S. campuses. The organization aims to force the closure of the remaining 50 Confucius Institutes in the nation by […]

April 26, 2021

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April 26, 2021

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Fostering Social Justice in Higher Education

As the pace of change continues to accelerate, higher education leaders are now under constant pressure to respond to social justice issues within their campuses and surrounding communities. To my generation, education is viewed as the “great equalizer,” but this promise of equality cannot be achieved when fundamental injustice exists.

April 26, 2021

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Report: Faculty Diversity Falling Behind Student Diversity

Rates of underrepresented faculty in higher education have not been keeping up with the increasingly diversifying student demographics, according to a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB).

April 25, 2021

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