Tag: Public Policy: Page 20

Students

Missouri House Passes Bill to Allow Guns at College Campuses

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ― The Missouri House has passed a bill with a number of provisions aimed at expanding access to guns. Members voted 101-28 Thursday to pass the proposal, which was amended to allow fulltime employees to carry guns on college campuses, with some exceptions. The changes mean the bill heads back to the […]

May 5, 2016

Students

N.C. College System’s Federal Funds in Crosshairs of LGBT Law

RALEIGH, N.C. ― North Carolina’s prized public universities could be the biggest losers as state leaders defend a new law limiting the rights of LGBT people. The 17-university system, which includes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University as well several historically Black colleges, risks losing more than $1.4 […]

May 5, 2016

HBCUs

PAMELA NOLAN YOUNG

PAMELA NOLAN YOUNG has been named director for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame. She was a private consultant on equality, privacy and diversity issues for colleges, businesses and individuals. Young earned a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College, a master’s from Salem State College and a juris doctor from Notre Dame.

May 4, 2016

Community Colleges

Mitchell: U.S. College System Underperforming

The United States has some of the best colleges and universities in the world but is underperforming as a system, Education Undersecretary Ted Mitchell said at the Education Writers Association (EWA) national seminar in Boston on Monday.

May 2, 2016

African-American

Watanabe Dedicates Career to the Advancement of Asian Americans

University of Massachusetts professor Dr. Paul Watanabe leads research designed to strengthen and further Asian American involvement in political, economic, social and cultural life.

May 1, 2016

Sports

NCAA Board OKs Anti-discrimination Measure for Event Bidding

INDIANAPOLIS ― The NCAA Board of Governors adopted an anti-discrimination measure Wednesday that would affect the way the governing body evaluates bids to host sporting events. The NCAA said the decision came during the board’s quarterly meeting in Indianapolis. In a news release, the NCAA said it requires sites that are hosting events or […]

April 28, 2016

Students

Food Assistance Put on Table for Low-Income College Students

The proposal to provide free or reduced price meals to low-income college students as a means of boosting their chances of earning a degree is being presented this week at a national conference on housing and food insecurity among undergraduates.

April 27, 2016

Students

California Assembly Approves Tobacco-free College Campuses

SACRAMENTO, Calif. ― The California Assembly on Monday approved banning tobacco use on all California State University and community college campuses, building on a package of restrictions already awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature. Assemblyman Kevin McCarty’s proposal for tobacco-free campuses received just enough votes to clear the lower legislative chamber, passing 41-23. AB1594 now heads […]

April 25, 2016

Students

Enhancing Identity Development for Black Students at PWIs

“The end of education is to know God and the laws and purposes of His universe and to reconcile one’s life with these laws. The first aim of a good college is not to teach books, but the meaning and purpose of life. Hard study and the learning of books are only a means to […]

April 19, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Black Intellectuals Ponder How Best to Share Knowledge

A recurring theme was how the world beyond the academy has to affect how a Black intellectual views his or her teaching and research within a broader societal context.

April 14, 2016

African-American

Lumina Reports Uptick in College Completion

College completion numbers show incremental improvement from last year, according to the annual Lumina Foundation report, “A Stronger Nation.”

April 11, 2016

Students

UNC President: Campuses Must Follow Transgender Law

RALEIGH, N.C. — The 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system will follow the state’s new law about transgender people by requiring all bathrooms to be designated for use by people based on their biological sex, the system president wrote in a memo to chancellors. President Margaret Spellings said in the memo that […]

April 7, 2016