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First-Generation Institute Highlights Social Class and Institutional Responsibilities

Social class identity was one of many topics discussed during the First-Generation Institute hosted by the University of Minnesota’s (UMN) College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) last week.

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Brown University Students Vote in Favor of Reparations

Brown University students have voted by a vast margin that the Ivy League school should offer reparations to descendants of enslaved people who were affiliated with the school and its founders, NBC News reported. The voting – on two referendum questions – took place last week during an annual election. One question was whether Brown […]

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Conference Highlights Improvements to Student Affairs Practices on Campuses

Student affairs practitioners shared personal practices and examples on ways to confront inequities within the student conduct process at this year’s NASPA virtual conference.

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California Higher Ed Leaders to Host California Community College Black Student Success Week April 26-30

California higher ed leaders are hosting California Community College Black Student Success Week from April 26 to 30, an event dedicated to Black and African American student success at California community colleges. A daily webinar series – called “The Black Hour” – will be held throughout the week from 12 to 1 p.m. and open […]

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Columbia University Grad Students and Student Workers Go on Strike

Thousands of Columbia University graduate students and student workers went on strike Monday – and are continuing to strike – after negotiations with the school proved unsuccessful again, the New York Post reported. Students’ demands include higher wages, improved benefits and a system to better investigate sexual harassment and discrimination allegations. According to the Graduate […]

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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Faculty Senate Votes In Support of Raising Minimum Stipends for Graduate Assistants

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville faculty senate voted 26 to 14 Wednesday in support of raising minimum stipends for graduate assistants to $2,225 per month, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported. For a nine-month period, the total amount in the voted-on resolution would be $20,025. As it stands now, history graduate student teaching assistants get […]

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Low-Income Families Struggle With Worsening College Affordability in the South, Research Finds

The Southern Regional Education Board’s (SREB’s) college-affordability profiles for the 16 states in its region illustrate that families had to pay a higher percentage of their income in 2017-18 for a full-time student to attend a four-year institution than in 2012-13.

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Education Company EAB to Acquire Student Success Platform Starfish

Education company EAB will acquire Hobsons’ student success platform, Starfish. As Starfish joins EAB, hundreds of colleges and universities will join EAB’s Student Success Collaborative network. “Starfish has helped more than five million students stay on their postsecondary roadmaps to success and graduation,” EAB CEO David Felsenthal said. “By adding the Starfish team and technology […]

Biden Rejects Proposal to Cancel $50,000 in Student Loan Debt

At a CNN town hall on earlier this week, President Joe R. Biden rejected the proposal to cancel $50,000 of student loan debt per student, CNN reported. “I will not make that happen,” Biden said. Democrats like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley urged Biden to use executive power […]

Beverage Company Makes $10M Investment in HBCUs

To address student loan debt inequities, Diageo North America — a beverage company popularly known for Smirnoff vodka, Guinness beer and Crown Royal whiskey, among other brands — has donated $10 million to 25 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) across the country.

New California Bill Would Allow Transgender and Nonbinary College Students to Use Preferred Names on Diplomas

Under the newly introduced AB 245 bill, led by California Assemblyman David Chiu, nonbinary and transgender public college students would be allowed to put their preferred names on diplomas instead of their birth names, according to SFGATE. This is an extension of Chiu’s previous bill, AB 711, which mandated K-12 school districts update former students’ […]

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Mount Holyoke College Receives $10M Donation to Support Scholarships

Mount Holyoke College recently received a $10 million donation to support scholarships and other financial aid opportunities for students, according to MassLive. The donation, made by alumna Liz Cochary Gross and her husband, Philip Gross, was given as part of the college’s “Meet the Moment Scholarship Challenge.” In response to their contribution, the largest in […]

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