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Academics
GoArmyEd: Tools for Continuing Education
GoArmyEd.com is the Soldiers’ gateway to taking college courses, earning certifications, and furthering their education. Through GoArmyEd service members can request online Army tuition assistance for classroom and distance learning online college courses. The Fort Myer Education Center counselors can assist Soldiers through the process. “We provide assistance with service members (who) are trying to […]
August 21, 2018
Funding
Military Spouse Scholarship Site Back Online
Twenty days after its missed relaunch date, the Pentagon’s military spouse scholarship portal is back online. The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts (MyCAA) scholarship program, managed through the Defense Department’s Military OneSource website, gives eligible spouses up to $4,000 in tuition assistance for certain types of courses. Read More
August 21, 2018
Veterans
Summer Studies at Stanford Give Vets Head Start
During his summer stay at Stanford, Garrett Gross took a sociology course on the power of social networks in everyday life, and learned how to write a persuasive, argument-based essay in a course offered by the Program in Writing and Rhetoric. Garrett Gross, left, and Hugo Santos Parada, who are enrolled in the Veteran Accelerator […]
August 21, 2018
Other News
School of Navy Chaplains to Return to Rhode Island
NEWPORT, R.I. — A school for U.S. Navy chaplains is returning to Rhode Island. Democratic U.S. Sen. Jack Reed said Friday the Navy plans to relocate the Naval Chaplaincy School and Center and about 20 jobs from Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina to Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island, effective March 1, 2019. Reed […]
August 21, 2018
Policy
Lawyers: Discharged South Korean Army Specialist Granted US Citizenship
LOS ANGELES —A South Korean-born U.S. Army specialist who sued after the military moved to discharge her has been granted citizenship, her attorneys said Friday. Yea Ji Sea, 29, had filed a lawsuit last month demanding a response to her citizenship application. She came to the country as a child on a visitor visa and […]
August 21, 2018
Academics
Higher Ed Act Turns 10: How Landscape Has Changed
Ten years ago, on August 14, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), the last comprehensive reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA). This took place during the buildup to a financial crisis that ultimately cost 8.7 million American jobs. Now, with mounting college costs and loan […]
August 21, 2018
African-American
Aretha Franklin: Entertainment Genius, Feminist and Social Activist
While not overtly political, Aretha Franklin was astute to the power of her platform and used her voice for more than just belting out songs and entertaining audiences. She was a proud and strong advocate for the Black community, in particular, Black women.
August 21, 2018
Students
The Demands for Diversity Hiring Requires a “Pipeline”
As the summer closes and college campuses across the country come roaring back to life, the demands for an academy that better reflects the full diversity of the student body and their own experiences will no doubt come center stage once again. The demands for a diverse faculty are growing and will further create division between the student body and university administration if they are not addressed in a more urgent manner.
August 21, 2018
HBCUs
Four Bethune-Cookman University Trustees Resign Amid Financial, Academic Crisis
Four members of Bethune-Cookman University’s (B-CU) Board of Trustees resigned after a letter from the president of the university’s alumni association circulated calling for the ouster of several board members due to the university’s “current financial and academic crisis.”
August 20, 2018
Latest News
Remembering U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan, who became the first U.N. secretary general from sub-Saharan Africa, rose through the ranks of career U.S. diplomat to become the secretary general of the U.S. from 1997 to 2006. Along the way, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in fighting the AIDS epidemic and international terrorism.
August 20, 2018
Home
Howard University Taps Donna Brazile for Endowed Chair
Howard University has announced the appointment of influential and veteran political strategist Donna Brazile, former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee, to a post as an endowed Chair in Public Policy.
August 20, 2018
Opinion
A Trailblazing American History Professor is Found and then Lost
Dr. Dawn Mabalon died when she suffered an asthma attack after snorkeling in Hawaii. And like that, the academy lost one of the brightest lights of a new generation. Skilled, intelligent, passionate, and most of all, diverse.
August 20, 2018
Students
NASAP Foundation Announces Its New Name
The National Association for Student Affairs Professionals (NASAP) Foundation, an organization that has given charitable donations across the nation for more than a decade, has announced its new name: The Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation, Inc. “We are excited to launch the Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation, Inc.” said foundation chair Dr. Melvin […]
August 20, 2018
News Roundup
Vinson Named Chairman of National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center has announced the appointment of its new board chairman, Dr. Ben Vinson III, the provost at Case Western Reserve University. “The National Humanities Center serves a special place in the intellectual life of our country,” said Vinson. “The support it provides for scholars and teachers is invaluable, and the Center’s efforts to increase public awareness […]
August 20, 2018
News Roundup
Paul Quinn College Breaks New Ground for First Time in 40 Years
A new construction and renovation project on Paul Quinn College’s (PQC) campus continues the college’s momentum in transforming its students’ academic experience. Last week, Paul Quinn broke ground for the Trammell S. Crow Living and Learning Center, which will be the first new building on campus in 40 years. The center will host a 30,000-square […]
August 20, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Diversify Trials
Nearly 40 percent of Americans belong to a racial or ethnic minority, but the patients who participate in clinical trials for new drugs skew heavily white—in some cases, 80 to 90 percent. Yet nonwhite patients will ultimately take the drugs that come out of clinical studies, and that leads to a real problem. The symptoms […]
August 20, 2018
Disparities
Report on Cancer Study of Nuclear Test Site Expected in 2019
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A long-anticipated study into the cancer risks of New Mexico residents living near the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test likely will be published in 2019, the National Cancer Institute announced. Institute spokesman Michael Levin told The Associated Press that researchers are examining data on diet and radiation exposure on […]
August 20, 2018
Disparities
Wisconsin University to Offer Course on Treating Inmates
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health will offer a new course to teach future doctors how to treat a growing prison population and former convicts once they are released. The new course will be offered this fall, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. The university is recruiting up to 20 […]
August 20, 2018
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