Arrman KyawNews RoundupNACAC Creates Committee to Improve Financial Aid and College Admissions Systems for Racial EquityThe National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) has announced a committee to reimagine financial aid and college admissions in the pursuit of racial equity in postsecondary education. The committee – a product of NACAC’s partnership with the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and funded by the Lumina Foundation – will consist […]March 4, 2021African-AmericanReport Analyzes High Unemployment Among Black MenA recent report has analyzed the causes and potential solutions for why Black men suffer from the highest unemployment rates of any race and gender group. Looking through Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, report author Dr. Harry J. Holzer, a nonresident senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, found that Black men […]March 4, 2021COVID-19Senate Confirms Cecilia Rouse as Top White House EconomistThe U.S. Senate has confirmed Dr. Cecilia Rouse as President Joe Biden’s top White House economist, making her the first Black chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) and its fourth woman leader since its 1946 origin, The Hill reported. Senators voted 95-4 Tuesday in favor of Rouse’s nomination for CEA chair, a cabinet-level […]March 3, 2021COVID-19Becker College Fate in QuestionWhether Becker College will remain open is in question, the Telegram & Gazette reported. The school’s attempt to partner with another college to stay afloat has failed, said Becker President Nancy P. Crimmin. “Since the negotiations with a potential affiliation partner ended in January, I, along with cabinet members and appropriate staff, have been working […]March 3, 2021African-AmericanKansas State University Criticize University Responses to Racist IncidentsStudents at Kansas State University are criticizing the school on its alleged failure to protect students, The Kansas City Star reported. This comes after someone wrote hateful messages about Black History Month inside KSU’s new Morris Family Multicultural Student Center Feb. 26, weeks after the center’s launch. The students are asking for an annual full […]March 3, 2021StudentsLow-Income Families Struggle With Worsening College Affordability in the South, Research FindsThe Southern Regional Education Board’s (SREB’s) college-affordability profiles for the 16 states in its region illustrate that families had to pay a higher percentage of their income in 2017-18 for a full-time student to attend a four-year institution than in 2012-13.March 2, 2021News RoundupUniversity of Florida Puts Engineering Professor on Paid Leave After Graduate Student SuicideThe University of Florida has put on paid leave a tenured professor accused by a graduate student of academic misconduct and abusive personal behavior before the student killed himself on campus, WUFT reported. Dr. Tao Li, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was placed on leave Feb. 15. As academic supervisor […]March 2, 2021News RoundupStudy: Nearly Four in 10 University Students Addicted to Smartphone UseA study has found that nearly four in 10 university students are addicted to their smartphones, which in turn negatively affects their sleep, The Guardian reported. The study – published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry – looked at 1,043 students – ages 18-30 at King’s College London – and discovered that 406 (38.9%) had […]March 2, 2021News RoundupUniversity of Vermont Community Signs Petition for “No Confidence” in School AdministrationNearly 1,500 people – including students, staff, and alumni – have signed a petition declaring “no confidence” in the University of Vermont administration, three months after the school announced liberal arts program cuts, VT Digger reported. The petition – led by UVM United Against the Cuts, a group of students and faculty organizing against the program […]March 2, 2021COVID-19North Carolina Higher Ed Institutions Ask for More Funding from StateNorth Carolina community colleges have asked the state for 5% salary increases in the next fiscal year, citing such increases as necessary for competitive staff recruitment and retention, The Center Square reported. The requests from the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) and other colleges and universities come in time for the state General Assembly […]February 26, 2021Previous PagePage 190 of 225Next Page
