KAREN A. THOLE
Karen A. Thole has been appointed the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. She serves as director of the...
Month: June 2024
Groups Sign Letter to Push Forward Rulemaking on Student Debt Relief
Two-hundred and twenty-seven advocacy, labor, and civil rights groups have signed onto a letter urging the Biden-Harris Administration to provide student loan debt relief. The...
LISA COLEMAN
Lisa Coleman has been named president of Adler University. She serves as senior vice president for global inclusion and strategic innovation at New York University....
Education for All Creates Guidebook to Increase Student Voting
In an effort to encourage more postsecondary students to register and vote, Education for All (EFA), a group of over 250 college presidents, mostly from...
Helping People Be Their Best
When Sister Dr. Christine De Vinne first came to Ursuline College, a private, Catholic institution in Pepper Pike, Ohio, she was a young woman studying...
Report Shows Increases in Retention and Persistence
The rate of college freshmen returning for a second year is at a decade high. A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center...
Tennessee State Names Johnson Interim President
Dr. Ronald Johnson has been appointed interim president of Tennessee State University (TSU). Johnson takes the helm from retiring President Dr. Glenda Glover and is...
Renowned, Trailblazing Sociology Professor Dies at 88
Dr. Doris Yvonne Wilkinson, the first African American female appointed to a full time position at the University of Kentucky in 1967, has died at...
ACE Updates Issue Brief on Student Voting, Campus Campaign Activities
A new issue brief from the American Council on Education (ACE) calls on institutions to take care to ensure that voting resources offered to their...
Study Reveals Teacher Perceptions of Chronically Absent Students
Early elementary school teachers view chronically absent students less positively, even when they cause no trouble in the classroom, according to a new study published...
Trans Participation and the Burden of Marginalized Groups
Earlier this year, LGBTQ+ students and victims of campus sexual assault gained new protections under the Biden-Harris Administration’s finalized revision of Title IX regulations. The...
Housing First, Graduation Follows: Lessons from the College Housing Assistance Program
Remember the knock-on effect? That’s exactly what Education Northwest’s recent evaluation of the College Housing Assistance Program (CHAP) in Tacoma, Washington, underscores. By addressing the...
First cannabis dispensary to open in Woodstock stymied by distance requirements
Maybe the first place in New York you’d expect to find a legal cannabis store would be Woodstock — the artsy upstate town synonymous with...
People to know in NY cannabis: Nicole N’diaye
Nicole N’diaye is CEO of hemp cultivation company NAHE LLC and founder of hemp brand Bossiee Budz. She answered eight simple questions for NY Cannabis...
ANNE MAGRO
Anne Magro has been named dean of Marymount University’s College of Business, Innovation, Leadership and Technology. She served as interim dean and deputy dean and...
Association Names 35 to 2024 Emerging Leaders Program Cohort
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities has announced a new cohort of 35 higher education professionals taking part in its 2024 Emerging Leaders...
Kimbrough Named Interim President at Talladega
Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough has been appointed interim president of Talladega College, a historically Black college in Alabama. Dr. Edward L. Hill Jr., the college’s...
Court blocks marijuana sales at a Syracuse shop, but some legal questions remain
A Syracuse business accused by the city of operating an illegal marijuana operation has been ordered by a judge to stop its activities, but also...
Berg Appointed UC Davis School of Law Dean
Jessica Berg has been appointed dean of the University of California Davis School of Law. Berg, who served as co-dean of the School of Law...
Study: Law School Debt Weighs Down Many
In its latest report regarding higher education’s return on investment (ROI), Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce (CEW) has analyzed 186 law schools...
How will cannabis rescheduling impact New York’s workplace drug testing?
The U.S. Department of Justice last month began a formal process to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule 3 substance. The move will likely alleviate banking...
No Rest for the Resilient: Graduating from the Pandemic to Protest
Approaching the summer of 2024, many had hoped this would be a joyful transition of finally emerging from the long shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Fierce Advocate for Community College Students
As her days as president of Mott Community College (MCC) in Flint, Michigan, wind down, Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea is pleased with the impact she and...
VICKY WOOD
Vicky Wood has been named president of Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina. She serves as president of Washington State College of Ohio in Marietta,...
VIDYANIDHI REGE
Vidyanidhi “Vinnie” Rege has been named dean of the Bristol Community College New Bedford Campus. He served as the dean of dusiness and experiential education....
NCAA Launches Collab with Meta on NIL Empower Program
A new NCAA-Meta collaboration has launched a program to help women maximize their name, image and likeness (NIL) endeavors as college athletes. “This is a...
Martin Named North Carolina A&T Chancellor
Dr. James Martin II has been elected chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors....
NY Cannabis Insider’s week in legal weed for June 22, 2024
Happy weekend, everyone! We’ve had a busy couple of weeks covering legislative, regulatory and business stories in New York’s cannabis industry. Let’s take a look...
Workforce Status Makes the Difference for Undocumented Graduates
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) and undocumented graduates continue to take on leading positions at some of America’s largest economic engines like Google and...
District Attorney’s Office Dismisses Cases Against Columbia Protesters
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has dropped criminal charges against 31 people, including students and faculty members, among the protesters in antiwar demonstrations at Columbia...
Report Examines Sexual Harassment, Violence Reporting for Student-Athletes
Student-athletes may find it more difficult to report sexual harassment and violence, according to a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. “Sexual Harassment...
Adams Resigns as President of Knoxville College
Leonard L. Adams Jr. has resigned his post as president of Knoxville College. Adams, who serves as the college’s 31st president, announced his decision to...
Understanding Lemon Law: The Role of Repair Attempts
Understanding the ins and outs of Lemon Law can be complex, particularly when it comes to the importance of repair attempts. For consumers caught up...
Date Ideas That Won’t Break the Bank
Dating is an exciting journey filled with opportunities to build connections, create memories and have some fun. However, dating doesn’t have to cost a small...
A Scholar Who is ‘Extending the Hand as He Climbs’
When Alonso Delgado was growing up, he could never have imagined he would one day be studying venom in sea anemones, simply because he never...
Focus on Athletes and Concussions
Eric O. Ingram’s graduate advisor Dr. Justin Karr, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky (UK), describes him as committed, energetic, and...
Leading With Vision
Dr. Walter Allen, Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), has been teaching for 50 years. He says he...
Developing Leaders
Isabel Mendoza appreciates industrial organizational psychology’s use of data to support practices in the workplace. She likes to think of it as business and psychology...
Finding a Place at an HBCU
Iowa native Juana D. Hollingsworth had always dreamed of attending an historically Black college and university (HBCU). She saw what it could be like through...
A Mentor to Others
Working toward a doctorate in neuroscience was not Jazmin Guadalupe Brito Morales’s express goal when she first started her undergraduate career. During her tenure as...
Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity
Currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Reid, Jr., is intent on utilizing research to examine poverty as a barrier...
Hitting the High Notes
Victor Wing Heng Yuen is both a gifted musician and a talented educator. To that end, he is pursuing two doctoral degrees at the University...
Communicating the Science of the Stars
Jordan Ealy counts herself among the stargazers who delight in watching specks of light twinkle against the darkness of outer space. But her scholarship focuses...
Driving the Research
Growing up, Ann Ramirez really wanted to be a doctor. But she also held a fascination with math, specifically with how math can be used...
Inclusive Excellence Demands Systemic Change in Higher Ed
The immediate losses as a result of continued and strategic legislative attacks against diversity, equity, and inclusion work are staggering: reduced funding for offices, the...
MAURICE JONES
Maurice Jones has been appointed chief executive officer at The Center for First-Generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and...
Meek Mill joins Murphy to launch N.J. clemency overhaul on Juneteenth
Slavery is banned everywhere in America except the prison system. The 13th amendment states, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime...
Tips for Your First Road Trip to Las Vegas
Las Vegas is one of the most iconic destinations in the United States, drawing millions of visitors each year with its vibrant nightlife, world-class entertainment,...
Easy Workouts for Beginners
Getting started on a fitness journey can be both exciting and intimidating, especially for busy professional women. Balancing work, personal life, and self-care can be...
$100 an hour to smoke joints? Festival offers dream weed gig
Cannabis contests are becoming more prevalent as states continue to legalize. Most competitions rely on panels of expert judges to critique products, the vast majority...