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African-American
UNCF Convening Helps HBCUs Prepare Students for Changing Workforce
A three-day convening by the United Negro College Fund has brought together HBCU presidents, faculty and students to explore the changing needs of a 21st century workplace in a broader context of systemic cultural and societal barriers.
July 3, 2019
News Roundup
Shay Tatum Makes History At University of Houston-Downtown
Shay Tatum has been elected the first African-American female president of the University of Houston-Downtown Student Government Association. Tatum is a non-traditional student and is the youngest of seven daughters. She was motivated by those who told her that she could not do it or it would take too much time. “People don’t understand how […]
July 2, 2019
Latest News
Experts: More Strategy, Less Flailing Can Close Faculty Diversity Gaps
Cue the trombone for the “womp, womp, woooomp” findings of another study that indicates continuing underrepresentation of women, Blacks and Hispanics on college and university faculties across the nation.
July 2, 2019
News Roundup
Sale of Westminster Choir College to Chinese Company Canceled
The controversial sale of Westminster Choir College to Kaiwen Education, a Beijing-based for-profit company partly owned by the Chinese government, will not go forward. According to National Public Radio, Kaiwen Education, and Rider University, which has Princeton, N.J.-based WCC among its holdings, announced that they had “mutually agreed” to not go ahead with the sale. […]
July 2, 2019
Opinion
A Summer Teaching Reflection: Can Black Faculty Afford to Curry Favor with our Students?
During the summer months, I spend time rethinking both my teaching methods and the learning goals I seek for my students. Usually my mind will rest upon occurrences from the classroom or discussions with students in my office. This summer, though, is different. My mind continues to be drawn back to a conversation I had with several White male professors.
July 2, 2019
News Roundup
Doctor Gives $8.8M to University of Arizona’s Tucson Medical College
The estate of Dr. Ronald K. Baker, an alumnus of the University of Arizona, has given $8.8 million to the school’s College of Medicine–Tucson, its largest endowed scholarship gift ever, according to the Arizona Daily Star. With $5.9 million of the gift, the college will establish the Ronald K. Baker, M.D., Scholarship Endowment to support […]
July 2, 2019
News Roundup
Claflin Latest HBCU to Use Tech Provider to Aid Online Students
Claflin University is the 11th and most recent historically Black college or university to partner with Texas-based education tech start-up Upswing to help their online students connect to support resources on campus. The collaboration will involve Upswing creating an engagement platform customized to fit the particular needs of students attending the New Orleans institution online. […]
July 2, 2019
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Critical Questions about the Relationships among Viewpoint Diversity and Other Aspects of Diversity
Dr. Jamal Watson, executive editor of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education moderates a panel discussion on Viewpoint Diversity at the Heterodox Academy conference in New York City.
July 2, 2019
Policies
UAB Health System Responds To Possibility Of UnitedHealthcare Cutting Ties
The University of Alabama Birmingham Health System is responding to the possibility of UnitedHealthcare not renewing contracts with the system. According to UAB, following months of negotiations, the current contracts are set to expire on July 30 between UnitedHealthcare and several UAB Health System entities including: UAB Hospital The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital UAB Medicine […]
July 1, 2019
Policies
Savannah Technical College’s Surgical Technology Program Awarded 10-Year Accreditation
Savannah Technical College’s Surgical Technology program has been awarded continuing accreditation for 10 years by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, according to Savannah Technical College. STC’s Surgical Technology associate degree program offers the introduction, development and reinforcement of academic and technical knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to successfully work in the […]
July 1, 2019
Policies
Hahnemann Closes Trauma Center, Nurses Say Supplies In Short Supply At Hospital
Nurses organization requests state to appoint a temporary manager at hospital to ‘ensure patient safety.’ Read More
July 1, 2019
Disparities
AU Nursing Students Give Health Screenings To Migrant Farm Workers At Fair
Every year, students from the Augusta University College of Nursing cross state lines and provide health screenings to farm workers in Trenton. This year marks the 14th annual Costa Layman Health Fair. Since it began, the program has provided more than 5,000 screenings to migrant workers from Costa Layman. Pam Cromer, a professor at the […]
July 1, 2019
Nursing
Kaiser Permanente, Seattle Colleges Offer Scholarships For Medical Assistant Students
The Puget Sound Area is in need of more Medical Assistants and Seattle’s students need more access to sustainable careers. That’s why Kaiser Permanente teamed up with Seattle Colleges to create the Career Launch Scholarship program to train Medical Assistants, the frontline care providers who welcome patients into medical offices by taking and charting vitals and […]
July 1, 2019
Other News
Wake Tech Welcomes New Health Sciences Provost
Wake Tech is pleased to announce that Dr. Angela Ballentine has been appointed as provost of the Health Sciences Division. In this role, she will be responsible for the academic quality of the college’s in-demand health sciences programs, including nursing, radiography, dental hygiene, EMS and others. Dr. Ballentine will also serve as Chief Campus Officer of […]
July 1, 2019
Disparities
Q&A: Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom Sees Daily Evidence Of How Diversity Drives Health Outcomes
Kimberlydawn Wisdom, M.D., wakes up every morning thinking about inclusion. That has made a difference for Henry Ford Health System, where she has been chief wellness and equity officer for the past 12 years and was an emergency physician for 20 years before that. The former Michigan Surgeon General from 2003 to 2010 has a […]
July 1, 2019
Community Colleges
Two South Jersey Community Colleges Merge
Two South Jersey community colleges merged Monday to create a regional community college.
July 1, 2019
Opinion
Tearing at my Heart: The First Year on Tenure Track
I reached for the tissue box and it was empty. The tears trickled down my face at a faster pace than usual. I rushed to the bathroom to replenish my tissue box. I slowly slipped into an uncontrollable sob. I felt like I was an infant again overwhelmed with emotions but left without the words to explain the depth of what I was feeling. Were these tears of joy, happiness, sadness, restlessness, exhaustion or hurt?
July 1, 2019
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For Woodroffe, Leadership and Service Go Hand-in-Hand
As Sean Woodroffe oversees human resources strategy and execution for TIAA, he calls upon lessons learned as an undergraduate at Shaw University, the first HBCU in the South.
July 1, 2019
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