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Students

Tennessee Finds Remedial Education Reform Success

A new report from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University sheds light on why developmental education may not be working at the community college level and offers some solutions.

February 27, 2017

Students

HBCUs, Advocates Looking for Help from Trump on Funding

WASHINGTON — The nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are pushing for President Donald Trump to set aside more federal contracts and grants for their schools, and take a greater hand in their welfare by moving responsibility for a key program for those colleges to the White House. The presidents of the nation’s 100-plus […]

February 27, 2017

News Roundup

After 130 Years, Harvard Law Review Elects a Black Woman President

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — It has been 27 years since the first black man, an older student by the name of Barack Obama, was elected president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. It has been even longer — 41 years — since the first woman, Susan Estrich, was elected to the position. Since then, subsequent presidents […]

February 27, 2017

Students

Republican Proposes Raising University of Wisconsin Tuition by Inflation, Income

MADISON, Wis. — A key Republican legislator says Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to cut University of Wisconsin System tuition could hurt taxpayers and lawmakers should instead consider letting the system raise tuition according to inflation or income increases. Rep. Dale Kooyenga, a member of the Legislature’s powerful budget committee, wrote on the Right Wisconsin website […]

February 27, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Nearly 600 Penn State Faculty, Staff Voluntarily Retire

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Nearly 600 faculty and staff have taken a voluntary retirement package from Penn State University, including more than 400 employees on the main campus. The Centre Daily Times reports 419 main campus employees took the offer, while 168 others did on satellite campuses. Forty-six percent of employees eligible for the early […]

February 27, 2017

Leadership & Policy

University of North Florida President Stepping Down in 2018

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — University of North Florida President John Delaney says he plans to resign from his job. Delaney, the former mayor of Jacksonville, announced Monday that he will retire from his position when his contract expires in May 2018. Delaney has been UNF president since 2003 and he was appointed to the position despite […]

February 27, 2017

African-American

‘The Obama Years: The Power of Words’ Premieres Tonight

Tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern, the Smithsonian Channel premieres “The Obama Years: The Power of Words,” with historians assessing the impact of Obama’s rhetoric in light of history.

February 27, 2017

Students

Advocates Question Plan for College for Foster Care Youth

CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Some child advocates say a plan by a nonprofit group to convert a southern West Virginia campus into a college specifically for children transitioning out of the foster care system is not a good idea. Tina Faber is based at West Virginia University in Morgantown and runs a state program called Mentoring […]

February 26, 2017

Latinx

Arkansas State University Revises Mexican Campus Contract

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas State University is finalizing plans to open a campus in Mexico. A new agreement between the university in Jonesboro and its Mexico campus will reset the length of the partnership to a decade and give the Arkansas school a chance to earn more from it, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Sunday. […]

February 26, 2017

Students

Professor Slashed with Box Cutter Allegedly Groped Woman

RICHMOND, Va. — According to a police report a Reynolds Community College professor allegedly touched a 24-year-old woman’s buttocks before she slashed him with a box cutter. The Richmond Times Dispatch reports that a Virginia State Police complaint states that the woman, Brittany Leigh Burfield, went to the officer of Douglas Gava at about 12:30 […]

February 26, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Kentucky Bill Would Set Guidelines for Removing College Board Members

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Senate passed legislation Thursday that would set guidelines for the governor when replacing entire public university boards or individual members. The measure that cleared the Senate on a 32-6 vote is a response to upheaval at the University of Louisville, which has had multiple governing boards since last year. Overshadowing […]

February 26, 2017

Health

Vanderbilt: More Than 3,000 Medical Records Wrongly Accessed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials say the hospital has had a security breach where two employees accessed medical records of more than 3,000 patients. The Tennessean reports the hospital has sent out letters to patients whose personal information was inappropriately viewed. Two patient transporters accessed information that included names, birth dates and […]

February 26, 2017