Integrating Arts as a Healing Force
Louisville native Dr. Jabani Bennett is an interdisciplinary visual artist, yoga instructor, community-engaged educator, leadership consultant, dancer, and mama. She is also the first Black...
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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers
The missions of higher education and policing differ, yet each occupies well-known and established community spaces. Much like higher education, policing nationwide continues to wrestle...
Appeals Court Blocks Further SAVE Plan Implementation
A federal appeals court has ruled against the Biden-Harris administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals decided to...
Clark Atlanta, Harvard to Support Up-and-Coming HBCU Presidents
Harvard University is partnering with Clark Atlanta University to help cultivate and empower the next generation of leaders at historically Black colleges and universities through...
University of Florida President Ben Sasse Announces Resignation
Dr. Ben Sasse is stepping down as president at the University of Florida. The former U.S. Senator of Nebraska announced his resignation effective July 31,...
In a Tense Election, Higher Education Hangs in the Balance
As Republicans gathered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to select Donald J. Trump as their nominee for president, political scientists agree that the 2024 election season has...
Proposed Regulations Looks to Increase College Access
New proposed regulations could increase college access for high school students and provide better public data on student outcomes, according to officials at the U.S....
Education Department Announces $1.2B in Approved Student Debt Relief
An estimated 35,000 borrowers working in public service will get some $1.2 billion in approved student loan relief, according to the Biden-Harris administration. The relief...
HARRY L. ALLEN
Harry L. Allen has been appointed executive vice president for financial excellence and chief financial officer at Belmont University. He served as co-founder and chief...
Judge Rules University’s New Admissions Policies Not Unlawful
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman has rejected claims by Students for Fair Admissions that the University of Texas at Austin continued to unlawfully consider race...
JENNIFER ERNST
Jennifer Ernst has been appointed vice president of academic affairs at Portland Community College. She serves as vice president of instruction and student services at...
The State of Law School Diversity in the Wake of Affirmative Action Bans
Law students entering school in 2023 are the most racially diverse group yet, continuing a multi-year trend. “Forty percent are students of color, compared to...
Alumni Gift $25M to UCLA Department of History
The University of California Los Angeles has become the benefactor of a $25 million gift from Meyer Luskin and his wife, Renee, both UCLA alumni....
Algorithmic Bias Continues to Negatively Impact Minoritized Students
As institutions of higher education turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the...
Trump Picks U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance as 2024 Running Mate
Former President Donald J. Trump has chosen U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate Monday ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention...
Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: Improving Awareness, Access and Adoption
July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, and an important time to reflect upon the importance of improving awareness, access, and adoption of mental health...
Jackson to Step Away from Cal Poly Humboldt Post
Cal Poly Humboldt President Dr. Tom Jackson Jr. announced plans to step away from his post Aug. 11. “Cal Poly Humboldt is an amazing place...
Study Prompts Civic Knowledge Question: Do Our Students Know Enough?
In a survey of over 3,000 undergraduate students, the nonprofit American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) found significant gaps in knowledge regarding American history...
Thomas to Retire from Morehouse in 2025
Dr. David A. Thomas has announced plans to retire as president of Morehouse College. “In my inaugural address, I promised to do the absolute best...
Survey: Most Students Report Stress, Anxiety About Election
Most students are stressed or anxious about the upcoming U.S. presidential election, according to a national survey conducted by virtual health and well-being provider, Timely...
U.S. Department of Education to Plans ‘2024 Engage Every Student Summit’
The U.S. Department of Education plans to convene youths, school leaders, elected officials, and afterschool and summer learning program providers for this year’s Engage Every...
Promise to Promise Offers Seamless Transfer and Free Tuition for San Antonio Seniors
This fall, students entering one of Alamo Colleges District’s five community colleges in San Antonio, Texas will have the opportunity to have guaranteed transfer to...
Radford University Low-Income Students Get Leg Up with $1.2M Grant
Radford University in Virginia has received a $1.2 million grant from the state to support its Pell Grant-eligible and low-income students for four years. The...
Forgotten Learners: Not All Transfer Students Are the Same
Earlier this year, a report from the National Student Clearinghouse brought some welcome news following years of declines in college transfer. The data showed that,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....