LeMoyne-Owen College Names Davis Next President
Dr. Christopher B. Davis has been named the 14th president of LeMoyne-Owen College. āIām elated, Iām excited, Iām overjoyed about this tremendous opportunity,ā 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 ā what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for...
University of Vermont Launches āGrow Local News Reportingā 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 Insiderās week in legal weed for July 6, 2024
Happy weekend, everyone! Weāve had a busy couple of weeks covering legislative, regulatory and business stories in New Yorkās cannabis industry. Letās 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 ofĀ 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 ProfessionalĀ
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 Bidenās 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...
āLack of guidance and communicationā 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 Douglassā Soaring Rhetoric
One of the unmitigatedly Black customs of Americaās July 4 celebration has become the intentional circulation of Frederick Douglassā āWhat 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. āI 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 Michiganās 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....
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 Administrationās 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 Northwestās 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 youād expect to find a legal cannabis store would be Woodstock ā the artsy upstate town synonymous with...
People to know in NY cannabis: Nicole Nādiaye
Nicole Nādiaye 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 Universityās 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 collegeās...
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 educationās return on investment (ROI), Georgetown Universityās Center for Education and the Workforce (CEW) has analyzed 186 law schools...