Jessica Ruf (EDU)Jessica Ruf is a writer and copy editor for the print magazine at Diverse. She can be reached at [email protected].News RoundupTwo Universities Receive $50,000 Grants To Strengthen Community PartnershipsThe University of Alabama at Birmingham and Virginia Commonwealth University plan to strengthen partnerships with community stakeholders after becoming the first cohort of universities to receive $50,000 grants from The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU). The awards, known as Collaborative Opportunity Grants, are part of APLU […]December 16, 2020News RoundupAmerica’s Sixth Oldest College, Moravian, to Become a UniversityPennsylvania’s Moravian College plans to become a university in a move that the college says reflects its growth and graduate program offerings, reports The Morning Call. “Because of the increasing strength of Moravian, it is time for us to claim the prestige that a university title brings to any institution,” Moravian President Bryon Grigsby said […]December 16, 2020Community CollegesOp-ed Urging Jill Biden to Drop ‘Dr.’ Honorific Sparks Heated Critiques of Sexism and ElitismA Friday Wall Street Journal op-ed asking soon-to-be First Lady Dr. Jill Biden to drop the honorific denoting her Ed.D. has inspired heated criticism from many academics who are calling it sexist, classist and elitist.December 14, 2020COVID-19U of Minnesota Might Borrow $82M to Cover COVID-19 Budget DeficitProjecting a $166 million budget deficit brought on by COVID-19, The University of Minnesota might borrow as much as $82 million to cover lost athletic and housing revenue, reports the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. University administrators pitched the proposal to the Board of Regents on Thursday, and the regents plan to vote on the proposal […]December 11, 2020News RoundupJerry Falwell, Jr. Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against Liberty UniversityJerry Falwell, Jr. has dropped a defamation lawsuit against his former employer, Liberty University — the Virginia-based evangelical school his late father founded — reported The Associated Press. Falwell resigned from his post as president and chancellor of the university in August following a sex scandal and other controversies. Falwell then sued the university in October, […]December 11, 2020Community CollegesSouth Puget Sound Community College Receives Historic Gift of $2.5MSouth Puget Sound Community College has received $2.5 million — the largest gift in its history — from the Bruno and Evelyne Betti Foundation. The donation will benefit the college’s professional technical degree programs, which include automotive and welding trades, as well as health care programs in the college’s Dr. Angela Bowen Center for Health […]December 11, 2020StudentsVirtual Panel Urges Student Debt Cancellation, Calling it a Racial Justice Issue TooCancelling student debt isn’t just an economic issue but a racial justice one too, argued higher education leaders and policy makers in a Thursday virtual panel hosted by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) and the NAACP.December 10, 2020Latest NewsTemple Settles With Department of Ed for False Rankings of Its Online MBATemple University will pay a civil fine of $700,000 to the U.S. Education Department for knowingly submitting false data to the U.S. News and World Report in an effort to inflate the rankings of its Fox School of Business’ online MBA program.December 8, 2020News RoundupUC Berkeley Removes Two Names of Residence Halls Connected to Racism From CampusThe University of California Berkeley has removed two names from some of its campus halls, given their connection to slavery and racism, reported Mercury News. Old LeConte Hall and New LeConte Hall, as well as Barrows Hall, will now be temporarily known as Physics South, Physics North and the Social Sciences Building, respectively. According to […]November 18, 2020News RoundupVirginia Wesleyan Dean Resigns After Posting Heated Comments to FacebookA Virginia Wesleyan University dean, who is also a professor, has resigned after calling Biden supporters “ignorant, anti-American and anti-Christian” on his personal Facebook page, reported The Washington Post. Paul Ewell, dean of Wesleyan’s global campus and a tenured professor of management, business, and economics, wrote that Biden voters have “corrupted the election,” “corrupted our […]November 18, 2020Previous PagePage 12 of 43Next Page
