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Dr. David Wilson Appointed to NCAA Board of Governors, Division I Board of Directors
The NCAA has announced that Dr. David Wilson, president of Morgan State University, has been appointed to the NCAA Board of Governors and Division I Board of Directors, effective August 2019. “Dr. Wilson has a wealth of experience and is a proven leader on the Division I level,” Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Commissioner Dr. Dennis […]
April 2, 2019
Students
Purpose First Strategy Helps Students Make Informed College, Career Choices
A new report by Complete College America (CCA) outlines the components of its strategy Purpose First that helps students look at their options, make informed decisions on a major and achieve goals toward on-time graduation.
April 1, 2019
Community Colleges
Organizations Announce Merger to Reach More Students
Two organizations working to serve underrepresented students have merged as of April 1. Gateway College National Network is now an initiative of Achieving the Dream (ATD), working together to link the success networks for high school and college students to improve college readiness, expand personalized student supports, and broaden services to help colleges graduate more students from vulnerable populations.
April 1, 2019
Latest News
Fed-up Faculty: Yale Ethnic Program a Hot Mess, We Quit
The chair of the Ethnic, Race, & Migration studies at Yale University affirmed Monday that she and 12 other senior faculty are withdrawing from the academic program because it isn’t getting the needed resources that students deserve and that university leaders have been promising for years.
April 1, 2019
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2019 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
Recognizing the 2019 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars.
April 1, 2019
News Roundup
Michèle Alexandre Named First African-American Dean of Stetson University College of Law
Stetson University has appointed Michèle Alexandre, a civil rights, gender and race scholar as the first African-American dean of the College of Law. Alexandre will begin her new role in June 2019. Currently, Alexandre serves as associate dean for faculty development and intellectual life, professor of law and the Leonard B. Melvin, Jr. Lecturer at […]
April 1, 2019
Leadership & Policy
Wilson College President Announces Plans to Step Down at End of Academic Year
Dr. Barbara Mistick, president of Wilson College, has announced that she will relinquish her duties as president at the end of the 2018-19 academic year. Mistick began her role as the college’s 19th president in 2011 after serving as the president of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Since then, Wilson experienced increases in enrollment as […]
April 1, 2019
Policies
Turning Bystanders Into First Responders
One April morning in 2014, a sixteen-year-old sophomore at Franklin Regional Senior High, in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, stole two butcher knives from his parents’ kitchen, hid them in his backpack, and took them to school. He was wearing all black and, according to witnesses, had a “blank expression.” Just before first period, in the hall of […]
April 1, 2019
Nursing
Need For Nurses: Quad-Cities Colleges, Health Care Providers Work to Meet Growing Demand
We’re always going to need nurses. That’s what many Quad-Cities college students hear while picking a career. Baby boomers — a large portion of existing nurses — are graying, and upcoming generations aren’t large enough to completely replace them in the workforce. And as health-care needs expand, nurses are in high demand. Read More
April 1, 2019
Disparities
Suicide Prevention And Mental Health Awareness Event Draws Crowd to URI
“Suicide prevention and mental-health awareness is something that’s just so important. It needs to be vocalized more on campus.” Thus did University of Rhode Island junior Kylee Harris capture the essence not only of the school’s annual “Be 5K” fund-raising walk and run Sunday but also URI’s overall approach to caring for the minds of […]
April 1, 2019
News Roundup
Viola Davis is Barnard College’s Spring 2019 Commencement Speaker
Award-winning actress, producer and humanitarian Viola Davis has been named the Barnard College’s commencement speaker during its 127th commencement ceremony on May 20. Davis will also receive the college’s highest honor, the Barnard Medal of Distinction during the ceremony for her human rights work. “I am thrilled to have Viola Davis bring words of inspiration […]
April 1, 2019
News Roundup
XULA President Dr. Norman C. Francis Named Recipient of 2019 Laetare Medal
The former president of Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), Dr. Norman C. Francis will receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2019 Laetare Medal, the most distinguished honor bestowed to American Catholics, during Notre Dame’s 174th Commencement Ceremony on May 19. “For more than 50 years, Dr. Francis has been at the center of civil rights […]
April 1, 2019
Disabilties
Lauded Special Olympics Program To Continue with Federal Funding
Unified Champion Schools, a Special Olympics educational program that has been saved from the federal fiscal chopping block, is known as an initiative whose benefits extend beyond the intellectually disabled.
March 29, 2019
Students
Report Examines How Online For-Profit Institutions Impact Vulnerable Students
Online programs provided by for-profit institutions are known to focus their marketing and recruitment strategies toward vulnerable students that are low-income, African-American, veterans, women and are over the age of 25. A new report by the Center for Responsible Learning (CRL) assesses how these programs have affected these minority groups and what attracted them to online learning.
March 29, 2019
Male Winner
Khari Blasingame - Football
March 29, 2019
Female Winner
Asia Seidt - Swimming and Diving
March 29, 2019
Opinion
Creating Opportunities for Underrepresented Minority Students
Recent news reports have indicated that, once again, minority enrollment in New York’s eight specialized high schools was disappointing. Responding to this, New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio has called for a change in admission criteria to allow some students who do not quite make the grade on the standardized admission tests to be, nevertheless, granted admission into these eight schools. It’s little wonder why students desire such admission: these schools have historically produced some of the most successful students in New York City.
March 29, 2019
Academics
Air Force Junior ROTC Flight Academy Encourages Youth to Seek Careers in Aviation
Aviators from all over the country traveled to sunny Long Beach, California, for the 30th annual Women in Aviation International Conference March 14 – 16. Ten of the female aviators attending were Air Force Junior ROTC cadets who recently earned their pilot wings. The cadets completed the Air Force JROTC Flight Academy program last summer, […]
March 29, 2019
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