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Bill Would Prohibit UW System from Requiring COVID Vaccines, But Thompson Says They Wonât Be Mandated
Republicans who control the Legislature want to ban requiring COVID-19 vaccines on University of Wisconsin campuses, but UW System President Tommy Thompson says that wonât be happening anyway. Thompson repeated at a Board of Regents meeting last week that the UW System will not mandate vaccines on campuses but will continue an âaggressive campaignâ to encourage vaccinations. [âŚ]
June 7, 2021
Other News
Denison U. Announces Groundbreaking for âAnn And Thomas Hoaglin Wellness Centerâ
Denison University has announced ground is being broken for the new âAnn and Thomas Hoaglin Wellness Center,â named in honor of the Hoaglinâs philanthropic leadership to the project. The Hoaglin Wellness Center will bring to fruition Denisonâs holistic and integrated approach to community health and well-being, according to a Denison University news release. Read More
June 7, 2021
Other News
Once Banned, For-Profit Medical Schools Are on The Rise Again in The U.S.
Two universities are eyeing the chance to be the first to build a medical school in one of the few states without one. The jockeying of the two schools to open campuses in Montana â one a nonprofit, the other for-profit â highlights the rapid spread of for-profit medical learning centers despite their once-blemished reputation. [âŚ]
June 7, 2021
African-American
TMCF to Create National Black Talent Bank to Increase Diversity in Workforce
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) will create the National Black Talent Bank in an effort to increase corporate diversity and advance economic pathways for talented African American students. The talent bank will have a database of talented Black high school seniors and create alternative paths to college and career. It will also give a [âŚ]
June 7, 2021
African-American
Virginia Middle School Renamed After NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Sidney Lanier Middle School â a Fairfax, Virginia middle school named after a Confederate soldier â has been renamed in honor of African American NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, ABC News reported. Lanier was a poet and Confederate private. Johnson was one of four Black women whose work with NASA helped pave the way for the [âŚ]
June 7, 2021
COVID-19
Two West Virginia Institutions Team Up to Improve Vaccine and Immunization Outreach
West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service and West Virginia University (WVU) Extension Service have received nearly $250,000 for better vaccine and immunization education and outreach across the state, with a focus on vulnerable populations. The money will be used to focus efforts in four counties. WVU will lead program implementation in McDowell and Mercer [âŚ]
June 7, 2021
Latest News
Book Review: âPregnant Girlâ Prompts Public Policy Discussion About Parenting Students
Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College and Creating A Better Future for Young Families by Nicole Lynn Lewis is a powerful and deeply moving memoir that sheds light on the plight of an invisible population: student-parents. In her harrowing narrative, Lewis recounts the heart-wrenching pangs of racism and poverty that she experienced as a young mother working her way through college at William & Mary.
June 7, 2021
Sports
An Increasing Number of LGBTQ Coaches Are Publicly Out, But the Work for Inclusion Continues
Over the past few years, it has become more and more common for lesbian and gay coaches to include the names of spouses and partners in their bios. Dr. Pat Griffin, professor emerita of education at University of Massachusetts Amherst and longtime advocate for equality in sports, describes it as a sea change, noting that todayâs athletes and coaches are coming out into a much more supportive environment than existed 20 years ago.
June 7, 2021
Opinion
Oregon is Finally Counting Student Parents. Other States Should Follow.
The only way many colleges have a sense of how many student parents attend is based on FAFSA, the financial aid form students fill out that asks whether they have any dependents. But some students donât file a FAFSA or report their children as dependents, for a variety of reasons, resulting in an underestimate of the student parent population. Thus, even NCES data may underestimate the number of student parents, and is unlikely to capture many who are âacting as a parentâ but are not the biological parents of the children that they care for.
June 7, 2021
Students
Washington and Lee University to Keep Name Tied to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
Washington and Lee University (WLU) will keep its name amid calls for the school to remove its Confederate ties, The Washington Post reported. Students and faculty voted last year to change the schoolâs name, partially named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. WLU announced Friday that after a review, the Board of Trustees decided there [âŚ]
June 4, 2021
COVID-19
Predictions for Fall 2021 International Student Enrollment
As colleges and universities conclude their spring semesters, uncertainties remain around fall enrollment numbersâespecially among international students.
June 4, 2021
Students
NAACP Calls on Biden Administration to Cancel Student Debt
The NAACPâthe nationâs oldest civil rights organizationâis stepping up its efforts to pressure the Biden administration to cancel student debt, after the administration excluded debt forgiveness from its $6 trillion budget proposal last week.
June 4, 2021
Sports
Oklahoma Republican Legislators Emboldened in Anti-Transgender Sports Efforts After NCAA Seems to Give Ground
Weeks after the NCAA issued an April statement that seemed to threaten to pull championships from states with anti-transgender bills, the college sports organization awarded regional softball championships to three states that had passed bans targeting transgender children in sports, emboldening Oklahoma Republicans in their legislative efforts, The Washington Post reported. The annual NCAA softball [âŚ]
June 4, 2021
HBCUs
Anti-Racism & Humanistic Inquiry
By the fall of 2020, this nation had experienced uncertainty paralleling its most unsettling historical moments. We were collectively holding our breath while attempting to reconcile the harsh realities of our countryâs racial injustices as they played out in social movements and civic moments, and through the racialization of the pandemic virus. There were no assurances of a vaccine, no healing from our summer of discontent, and the anxiety of an unpredictable election and its ultimately contested outcome only amplified the wail of an increasingly divided nation.
June 4, 2021
African-American
Knoxville College Receives $200,000 from City of Knoxville for Renovations
Knoxville College is getting $200,000 from the city of Knoxville to renovate a building housing the schoolâs workforce development program, Knox News reported. The $200,000 comes from the Community Agency Grant program for renovations to the Alumni Library. Dr. Leonard Adams, the schoolâs president, said administrators continue to secure funds from sources so that buildings [âŚ]
June 4, 2021
News Roundup
Education Department Withdraws Recognition of Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
The Education Department is withdrawing its recognition of the controversial Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), The Washington Post reported. The Education Department relies on accrediting agencies to determine whether colleges can participate in the federal student aid program. In a decision last Wednesday, Jordan Matsudaira, deputy undersecretary for education, deemed ACICS unfit, [âŚ]
June 4, 2021
African-American
Black Chemist Declines UNC Faculty Position, Citing Controversial Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Case
Dr. Lisa Jones, a prominent Black chemist, has turned down an offer to join the faculty at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill citing a decision by UNC trustees not to offer tenure to Pulitzer Prize journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, The News & Observer reported. And some faculty worry the loss of Jones â who [âŚ]
June 4, 2021
Community Colleges
Organizations Partner to Create Shared Online Course Platform to Improve Completion Rates
A new initiative by the League for Innovation in the Community College is looking to improve completion rates at two-year colleges through a shared online course platform.
June 3, 2021
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