Monica Levitan (EDU)News RoundupUT Austin Freshman Claims He Lost AROTC Scholarship As Result of Transgender Military BanUniversity of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) freshman Map Pesqueira claims he lost his three-year scholarship through the college’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (AROTC) program because he is transgender. The three-year scholarship goes into effect Pesquiera’s sophomore year, however, because he is transgender, he has been prohibited from using the scholarship because of a […]April 18, 2019News RoundupDr. Leslie Doyle Named Inaugural Chief Inclusion Officer at Rockhurst UniversityRockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri has appointed Dr. Leslie Doyle as the school’s inaugural chief inclusion officer where she will lead the newly established Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. A Kansas City native who grew up across the street from Rockhurst, Doyle has more than two decades of experience working in higher education, […]April 18, 2019News RoundupFormer Delaware State University Staffer Pleads Guilty to Tuition Bribery SchemeFormer Delaware State University associate registrar Crystal Martin plead guilty to taking bribes to give out-of-state students a break on their tuition. The felony is part of a scheme that prosecutors predict cost the university $3 million. In a recent court hearing, Martin said an unnamed co-conspirator would bring her students to be reclassified as […]April 18, 2019StudentsHennessy Pledges $10M to TMCF for HBCU Graduate Fellows ProgramHennessy has pledged to give $10 million over the next 10 years to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) through its first-ever corporate HBCU graduate program to support African-Americans in leadership positions. The program, named “Hennessy Fellows” will help prepare the next generation of African-American leaders through financial assistance, access to training and professional development […]April 18, 2019WomenReport: Education is Key Factor in Gender Bias Among Women in PoliticsAs campaign season for the 2020 presidency begins with more women competing for the nomination than ever before, gender bias continues to affect their chances of political success, with 13 percent of Americans believing that men are more emotionally suited for political office than women.April 17, 2019News RoundupDr. Alondra Nelson Professor Named Harold F. Linder Chair in the School of Social Science at IASThe Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) has named prominent sociologist Dr. Alondra Nelson to the Harold F. Linder Chair in the School of Social Science, effective July 1, 2019. Nelson currently serves as president of the Social Science Research Council and is a professor of sociology at Columbia University, where she previously served as the […]April 17, 2019News RoundupIowa Bill Would Permit Students to Carry Stun Guns on Public CampusesThe Iowa legislature have recently approved a bill that permits students to carry stun guns on public campuses. Currently, it is legal throughout the state for anyone over the age of 18 to carry a weapon producing a “non-projectile high voltage pulse” to immobilize a person, according to ABC-affiliate station KCRG. The legislature want to […]April 17, 2019StudentsWUSTL School of Medicine Pledges $100M in Scholarship FundingWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has pledged to provide $100 million in scholarship funding to cover the tuition for as many as half of its future medical students and partial tuition support for several others. The program will begin with the incoming 2019-20 class. In addition, the funding will support current efforts […]April 17, 2019News RoundupSDSU to Offer New Selena Quintanilla Media CourseSan Diego State University (SDSU) has announced that it will soon offer a new course dedicated to Selena Quintanilla. To be called “Selena and Latinx Media Representation”, the new course will be available to students in spring 2020 and will focus on the culture and influence of Quintanilla, said assistant professor of digital media studies […]April 17, 2019News RoundupPolitical Strategist Angela Rye to Deliver Commencement Speech at Texas Southern UniversityTexas Southern University has announced that Angela Rye, a CNN commentator will deliver the keynote address during its spring 2019 commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 18. A nationally-known political strategist, Rye has more than 10 years of experience working in the following industries: government contracting, civil rights, higher education political fundraising, homeland security, strategic communications […]April 17, 2019Page 1 of 58Next Page
