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 RoundupLA-Tech.org Provides 1,000 Tech Internships to Underrepresented LA StudentsLA-Tech.org, a nonprofit dedicated to introducing underrepresented LA communities to the tech sector, will provide 1,000 paid internships to students over the next two years. LA-Tech.org is collaborating with tech companies to design and monitor the internship experience “so the companies feel fully equipped to provide exceptional internships,” which typically last between 10-12 weeks. Alongside […]July 15, 2021StudentsUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts and Posse Arts Partner to Recruit Underrepresented ArtistsThe University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is partnering with The Posse Foundation, a diversity-focused scholarship organization, on a new initiative to recruit, train and support talented — but underrepresented — students in the arts. The initiative, called Posse Arts, was conceived in collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda, the brain behind Hamilton and […]July 15, 2021News RoundupUniversity of Kentucky College of Medicine Receives $22M From AlumnusThe University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine received $22 million — its second largest donation ever — from Kentucky native and UK alumnus Dr. Michael D. Rankin. In donating the gift, Rankin described his own challenges of struggling to pay for a degree as a rural student who dreamed of becoming a doctor. “UK was […]July 14, 2021African-AmericanAmid Falling Enrollment, SC State Board of Trustees Fires Its PresidentIn a 10-3 vote, the South Carolina State University’s board of trustees voted to fire SCSU President Dr. James Clark, reports The State. Alexander Conyers, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, SCSU alumnus and a current vice president at the university, will serve as acting president for the historically Black university. According to The State, Clark was fired […]July 14, 2021StudentsIllinois Bill Could Require a Liaison for Undocumented Students at Public UniversitiesIllinois colleges and universities could be required to create a liaison position to support undocumented students if the state’s governor, J.B. Pritzker, signs House Bill 3438 into law, reports the Illinois News Room. Sent to Pritzker in June, the bill requires all public universities and colleges designate a “Dream Resource Liaison,” who would help undocumented […]July 14, 2021News RoundupDept. of Education Temporarily Changes Student Aid Verification ProcessThe U.S. Department of Education will temporarily change its federal student aid verification process for the 2021-22 award year by focusing on identity theft and fraud in an effort to help students hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. Verification is an administrative process that requires Pell-eligible student aid applicants to submit additional documentation, such as transcripts […]July 14, 2021News RoundupBoston’s Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Names Its First Female PresidentBenjamin Franklin Institute of Technology (BFIT), a nonprofit technical and trade college in Boston, has named Dr. Aisha Francis as its new president. She is the first woman to serve in the role in the school’s more than 100 year history. Francis has nearly two decades of higher education and nonprofit experience under her belt. […]July 13, 2021StudentsCoppin State Creates Scholarship in Honor of Freddie GrayBaltimore’s Coppin State University has created a new scholarship — the Freddie Gray Student Success Scholarship — that will benefit graduates of the local Carver Vocational-Technical High School. Gray, who died in 2015 after he was arrested by Baltimore police, was an alumni of the high school. The scholarship is worth $25,000 and is funded […]July 13, 2021News RoundupSteve Fund, JED’s Equity in Mental Health Framework Shows Promising ResultsStudents of color are almost twice as likely to not seek mental health care, compared to White students, according to the Steve Fund, a mental health nonprofit devoted to young people of color, and The Jed Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to preventing suicide. That’s why, in 2017, the two nonprofits provided institutions with a set […]July 13, 2021News RoundupAmerican Educational Research Association Announces 2021’s FellowsHaving demonstration “distinguished and sustained research achievements,” 19 scholars have been named AERA Fellows by the American Educational Research Association. They join the 676 current AERA Fellows. “We are delighted to honor these highly accomplished scholars for their contributions to education research and their commitment to the field,” said AERA Executive Director Dr. Felice J. […]July 13, 2021Previous PagePage 4 of 43Next Page