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Leadership & Policy
Brown University President Reappointed for 2nd 5-year Term
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The president of Brown University has been reappointed, extending her tenure into 2022. The Corporation of Brown University appointed Christina Paxson to a second five-year term. Chancellor Samuel Mencoff says the group is confident in Paxson’s “steady hand, clear vision, energetic leadership and boundless passion for Brown.” He notes that the reappointment […]
February 5, 2017
Faculty & Staff
University of Alaska President Faces No-confidence Vote
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The University of Alaska’s president is facing a no-confidence vote related to a decision to put the school of education at the Juneau campus instead of in Fairbanks. The Fairbanks Faculty Senate is expected to take up the issue Monday, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. The proposed resolutions declare the faculty do […]
February 5, 2017
Students
Fraud by Globe University Leaves Broken Dreams, Big Debt
WOODBURY, Minn. — Some students who were victims of fraud by Globe University and the Minnesota School of Business have been left with broken dreams and a mountain of debt. The state sued the school, accusing it of defrauding more than 1,000 students, Minnesota Public Radio reported. Many students said the for-profit school encouraged them […]
February 5, 2017
News Roundup
At Liberal Columbia U, Gorsuch Raised a Conservative Voice
NEW YORK — As a conservative student at Columbia University in the mid-1980s, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was a political odd man out, and he was determined to speak up. “It is not fashionable at Columbia to be anything other than a pro-Sandinista, anti-Reagan” protester, the then-sophomore wrote in a campus newspaper. “Only in […]
February 5, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
10 Things I Wish I Had Known About Transition
A year ago, my wife and I decided that we were at a decision point in my military career. Would we stay in after 10+ years of active service or transition to the civilian world? I have since spent countless hours trying to figure out what I really wanted to be when I “grew up.” […]
February 3, 2017
Other News
Ft. Leonard Wood to Host Transition Summit
Fort Leonard Wood is scheduled to host its third Hiring Our Heroes’ Service Member Transition Summit that includes a free hiring fair and other events March 7 and 8 at various locations on the installation. According to Alfredia Williams, Soldier for Life — Transition Assistance Program transition services specialist, the two-day summit, sponsored in conjunction […]
February 3, 2017
Other News
Virginia Congressman to Accept Wounded Warrior Fellow
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) today announced that his office was selected to participate in the House of Representatives’ Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program for 2017. Rep. Wittman’s office is now accepting applications for a wounded warrior to work out of the Stafford district office and support the office’s military and veterans-related casework. Read More
February 3, 2017
Other News
Fair Links Veterans to Resources
In an effort to bring together organizations that offer assistance to veterans, the base’s Veteran Center hosted a resource fair at the 375th Medical Group clinic auditorium Jan. 27. “When I retired in 2006, I had no direction on who I would go to for schooling, employment or mental health,” said Chris Figura, veteran center […]
February 3, 2017
Academics
Utah Program Links Veteran Students to Mentors
All students need someone on their side. For student veterans, who are used to the camaraderie being in the service provided, that buddy is even more essential as they leave the uniform behind for the classroom. “It is a cultural shock for a veteran,” said Clint Cary, a veteran and senior studying aviation at Utah […]
February 3, 2017
Veterans
Governor Unveils Virginia Values Veterans Initiative
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Governor Terry McAuliffe presented today the first place award for the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) program to StreetShares. Governor McAuliffe visited StreetShares in Reston, Virginia to also announce the updated 25,000 veteran jobs goal for V3 and to share his passion for the veteran community. “I am on a […]
February 3, 2017
Policy
Colorado Bill Would Give Vets Credit for Military Training
Any veteran seeking higher education at MSU Denver may find their degree load easier thanks to a new bill introduced into Colorado’s House of Representatives. House Bill 17-1004 seeks to direct Colorado’s Commission on Higher Education to draft a metric that would make it possible for military education and training to count toward academic credit. […]
February 3, 2017
Policy
Bipartisan Reforms Possible in Higher Ed Bill
In Washington, it is not uncommon for both parties to agree that a federal program needs to be fixed—typically the debate starts over what good reform looks like. In higher education policy, however, there is the more unusual additional agreement on a few policy points over what common sense changes could be workable. The Higher […]
February 3, 2017
Students
Devaka Premawardhana Exploring Christianity’s Global Reach
A long and winding road led Dr. Devaka Premawardhana, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, to northern Mozambique and anthropological research among the Makhuwa people.
February 2, 2017
Opinion
No Room for Alternative Facts in Higher Ed
These are people — some of whom hold Ph.D.s — who believe that governmental agencies procure and analyze state education data so that they can use it to inform their prison construction plans.
February 2, 2017
Students
John King to Succeed Kati Haycock as Education Trust CEO
The announcement that former U.S. Secretary of Education John King has been named Ed Trust president and CEO is winning plaudits from many.
February 2, 2017
Students
The Essential Nature of HBCUs
For me, it was not a matter of if I was going to attend an HBCU; it was a question of which HBCU I was going to attend.
February 2, 2017
African-American
Educational Reach of ‘Hidden Figures’ Soaring
Educators say the movie “Hidden Figures” is considered a surprise from Hollywood in that it presents a valuable teaching supplement on film that depicts a real life story absent illuminated drama.
February 2, 2017
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Woodson’s Legacy
Carter Godwin Woodson, an historian, journalist and educator, once said racial prejudice “is merely the logical result of tradition, the inevitable outcome of thorough instruction to the effect that the Negro has never contributed anything to the progress of mankind.” He established Negro History Week in 1926 in part to address that and to assure that black schoolchildren learned the history of their people. As we begin Black History Month, Diversebooks.net also would like to remind you that it offers more than 150 titles that deal with the African-American past.
February 2, 2017
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