CUNY Chancellor Named ACE Board Chair
City University of New York (CUNY) Chancellor Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez has been tapped to serve as chair of the American Council on Education...
Month: July 2024
N.J. woman going to prison for helping boyfriend run illegal marijuana dispensary
A woman who was helping her boyfriend run an illegal dispensary out of their South Jersey apartment has been sentenced to state prison. Donna Shiffler,...
Another tense Cannabis Control Board meeting as regulators approve more than 100 new licenses
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. New York’s cannabis regulators approved more than 100...
Studying weed is the newest way to get a higher education degree in N.J.
With legal weed becoming a billion dollar business in New Jersey, Stockton University will this fall become the state’s first four-year institution to offer a...
Unlocking Potential and Advancing Your Career
Advancing your career success requires more than hard work—it demands a strategic approach to unlocking your full potential. In this guide to unlocking potential and...
Buying weed at the wheel deserves another look in N.J. | Editorial
Ever since the spring, law enforcement has announced a crackdown on driver behavior on the White Horse Pike in Camden and Atlantic counties, a traditional,...
ANGELA W. PETERS
Angela W. Peters has been appointed provost and vice president of academic affairs at Voorhees University. She served as chief academic officer and provost and vice...
New Nonprofit Launched to Address Gaps in Educational Leadership
Women of Color Education Collaborative (WOCEC), a new nonprofit organization, has sprung up to address the lack of diversity among K-12 superintendents in the nation. ...
Former Dean Sues College, Claims Discrimination
A former Southside Virginia Community College administrator is alleging discrimination as a reason she was fired from her position. Dr. Charletta Barringer-Brown recently filed a...
LeMoyne-Owen College Names Davis Next President
Dr. Christopher B. Davis has been named the 14th president of LeMoyne-Owen College. “I’m elated, I’m excited, I’m overjoyed about this tremendous opportunity,” said Davis....
Disparities of African American Men and Obtaining a College Education
It is evident that the low African American male student graduation rates at a predominantly Black institution in the northeastern United States continue to be...
How are things going at Utica dispensary Air City Cannabis?
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. Air City Cannabis officially opened its doors...
NY Cannabis Insider to host industry networking event in NYC on August 13
NY Cannabis Insider (NYCI) hosts unique and interactive business-to-business events across the state that bring together business owners and industry leaders to network and discuss...
CHARLOTTE PERA
Charlotte Pera has been named executive director of the sustainability accelerator at the Stanford University Doerr School of Sustainability. She served as vice president and...
Community College Faculty-Led Teaching and Learning Hubs Improve Student Outcomes
In 2018, Dr. Audrey Jaeger and Dr. Monique B. Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for...
University of Vermont Launches ‘Grow Local News Reporting’ Effort
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is contributing to a total $7 million collective investment at the University of Vermont to grow nationwide...
Higher Education is Indeed a Business, the Business of Student Transformation
When I first became a higher education professional, I remember being told that higher education was not a business. It was a public good, and...
Legal experts say Chevron ruling complicates path to federal cannabis reform
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. When the U.S. Supreme Court last year...
ARWIN D. SMALLWOOD
Arwin D. Smallwood has been appointed dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). He served as...
122-Year-Old Northwestern College Closes
Northwestern College in Oak Lawn, Illinois, has closed its doors due to financial challenges. The college, formerly Northwestern Business College established in 1902, served professionals...
Gallup Survey Finds Declining Confidence in Higher Education
Americans are nearly equally divided among those who have high levels of confidence (36%), some confidence (32%), or little or no confidence (32%) in higher...
Bloomberg Donates $1B to Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University has received a $1 billion donation from alumnus Michael R. Bloomberg. “As the U.S. struggles to recover from a disturbing decline in...
Kids are getting high, sick from hemp products sold at convenience stores. N.J. tries to stop it.
Michael Gillespie recalled how frantic he was looking for his 14-year-old son, who had gotten lost in the woods after buying an intoxicating hemp product...
NY Cannabis Insider’s week in legal weed for July 6, 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...
AI Inclusion in the Apple 18.0 Updates: A Positive Development
Of the many announcements made at the 2024 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, few made as big of a splash as the introduction of Apple Intelligence. Critics...
Women in the Trucking Industry: Is it a Career For You?
The trucking industry has long been synonymous with masculinity, dominated by men who crisscross the country delivering goods. However, in recent years, there has been...
An Interview with Serge Robichaud, Financial Planning Professional
Have you been thinking about a career in finance? We put a few questions out to Serge Robichaud, a successful financial advisor with a wealth...
Oregon voters will face few ballot measures this fall
Oregonians will likely decide just four or possibly five ballot measures this fall as only a pair of citizen-led initiatives appear to have garnered enough...
Chaos and Confusion: The State of Student Loans
Chaos: the word experts chose time and again to describe the current state of student debt relief efforts and loan repayment. Since President Biden’s first...
Poll Splits on Whether the American Dream is Achievable
College graduates have a similar attitude regarding the American dream than those who do not have a degree, according to a new survey by the...
‘Lack of guidance and communication’ by OCM threatening cannabis delivery operators (Guest Column)
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. This guest column is from Matthew Krupp,...
Finish Your FAFSA, Find Your Future: Solutions for Black Students and HBCUs Navigating the FAFSA Rollout
In April, I outlined the challenges Black students and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are facing with the rollout of the new Better FAFSA...
Kemp Re-Elected Southern Regional Education Board Chair
Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp has been re-elected to a second, one-year term as chair of the Southern Regional Education Board. Kemp will help lead...
ACLU Lays Map to Combat Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Threats
The American Civil Liberties Union has released a memo analyzing potential anti-DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies that the legal organization said could come from...
How are things going at Long Island cannabis dispensary Happy Days?
Happy Days officially opened its doors in Farmingdale on Long Island on Jan. 2, and is currently serving about 1,000 customers per day. In its...
Generation Hope to Reach 3 Million Parenting Students by 2029
When Nicole Lynn Lewis founded Generation Hope in 2010, she realized that her organization could be the first place that parenting students are ever told...
Nobody Doubts It: Our Perennial Return to Frederick Douglass’ Soaring Rhetoric
One of the unmitigatedly Black customs of America’s July 4 celebration has become the intentional circulation of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave is the...
Dr. Brooke A. Flinders Named New President of Frontier Nursing University
Dr. Brooke A. Flinders has been named president of Frontier Nursing University. “I am proud and honored to accept the position of president of Frontier...
Cheyney University Comes Off Probation
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has been removed from probation. Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) announced that the historically Black university reclaimed its standing...