Jessica Ruf (EDU)Jessica Ruf is a writer and copy editor for the print magazine at Diverse. She can be reached at [email protected].Community CollegesCalifornia Community Colleges Chancellor to Temporarily Advise U.S. Ed SecretaryCalifornia Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley will temporarily advise U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona on higher education policy, reports The Los Angeles Times. Oakley will step aside from his role on July 26 and return this fall, with Deputy Chancellor Daisy Gonzales filling in the position. In helping the Biden administration achieve […]July 20, 2021COVID-19Federal Judge Blocks Challenge to COVID Vaccine Mandate at Indiana UniversityIndiana University’s requirement that students receive COVID-19 vaccines before returning to campus this fall legally stands, reports NPR. That’s according to a federal judge who blocked a challenge to the requirement filed by students arguing it went against their right to bodily autonomy under the 14th Amendment. Similar to rules at other universities across the […]July 20, 2021News RoundupDr. Sheila Edwards Lange Set To Return to U of Washington Tacoma as ChancellorDr. Sheila Edwards Lange is set to become chancellor of the University of Washington (UW) Tacoma on Sept. 16. Her appointment is pending approval by the UW Board of Regents. Currently president of Seattle Central College, Edwards Lange holds previous years of experience at UW, serving as vice president for minority affairs and diversity from […]July 19, 2021African-American‘Influential Yet Unsung’ Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson Has Died at 99Gloria Richardson, “an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer,” has died at age 99 in New York City, reports The Associated Press. By organizing the the Cambridge Movement on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 1962, Richardson became the first woman to lead a prolonged grassroots civil rights movement outside of the Deep South. The movement […]July 19, 2021News RoundupSix Pennsylvania Universities to Merge Into Two New InstitutionsSix state-owned universities in Pennsylvania will merge into two new institutions, reports CBS Philly, following a unanimous vote by the State System of Higher Education’s governing board. Pennsylvania’s Bloomsburg, Mansfield and Lock Haven universities will form one institution. Western Pennsylvania’s California, Clarion and Edinboro universities will form the other. The university system hopes to raise […]July 19, 2021News Roundup$15M Grant Will Help U of California Recruit and Mentor Diverse FacultyThe University of California (UC) has received a $15 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP), which “encourages outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers” at the university. The most-recent funding will go toward expanding the number of PPFP fellowships and establishing a hiring […]July 19, 2021HomeClass Assignment Transforms Into Book on Unjust City Planning for Texas Grad StudentSouthern Methodist University (SMU) graduate student Collin Yarbrough has used Dallas’ Central Expressway all his life. But it wasn’t until an assignment for his engineering class that he began to see the road in a new light.July 16, 2021News RoundupSaint Louis U School of Nursing Receives $2.1M Grant To Increase Workforce DiversityThe Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded a nursing workforce diversity grant, worth $2.1 million in federal funds, to Saint Louis University’s Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing. This is the third time the school has received the HRSA grant, which supports recruitment, enrollment, retention and graduation of students from underrepresented and disadvantaged […]July 16, 2021News RoundupPenn State’s College of Nursing Receives Historic $27M GiftPenn State’s College of Nursing has received a pledged gift of $27.125 million from Ross and Carol Nese, longtime supporters of the college. It is the largest gift ever given to the College of Nursing and the second-largest single commitment to an academic unit in Penn State’s history. In honor of the Neses’ “landmark commitment,” […]July 16, 2021News Roundup‘Case for Campus Housing’ Study Finds Benefits to Living on CampusFirst-year students who live on campus are 2% more likely to continue on to their second year than those who do not, according to a new report, “The Case for Campus Housing,” from the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I). ACUHO-I says that difference could be due to the proximity of […]July 15, 2021Previous PagePage 3 of 43Next Page