Pearl StewartStudentsReport: Undocumented Students Generated $133 Million in Emergency Aid, but They Won’t Receive a PennyAn estimated half-million undocumented students enrolled in colleges and universities generated up to $132.6 million in COVID-19 federal stimulus emergency aid for their institutions, according to a recent analysis from a Washington-based policy institute. Yet those same students are barred from receiving any of that aid.May 18, 2020COVID-19Advocates Push for COVID-19 Benefits for Working College StudentsDuquesne University graduate student Terrell Nelson works part-time as a leasing agent at an apartment complex, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his hours have been reduced by more than two-thirds causing his income to plummet. What’s more, under the latest pandemic-related legislation passed by Congress, Nelson and numerous other working college students have been […]May 7, 2020African-American‘More Rivers to Cross’ for Penn State to Improve Status of Black FacultyPenn State University still has “more rivers to cross” to improve the status of its Black faculty, according to a recent report by two of its professors who spent more than eight months researching the subject in an effort to highlight diversity issues at the institution.April 30, 2020COVID-19COVID-19 Impacts FAFSA Completion as Deadlines are ExtendedAmid all of the challenges facing college students this year due to COVID-19 related closings and cancellations, one of the major considerations for those already enrolled, or in the process of enrolling, is financial aid. At this point in the school year, continuing students and incoming freshmen are in the process of filling out the […]April 23, 2020COVID-19Pandemic Causes High School Seniors to Reassess College Decisions, Says SurveyAs all sectors of society grapple with life under COVID-19, high school seniors planning to attend college in the fall are not only concerned about staying healthy, they’re now faced with numerous uncertainties about if, when and how classes will begin. Two recent national surveys conducted in March found that the coronavirus pandemic was causing […]April 12, 2020StudentsStudy: Minority Student Enrollment Hasn’t Kept Pace With Demographic Trends in States That Have Affirmative Action BansEnrollment of underrepresented minorities at public universities has not kept pace with demographic trends in states that have banned affirmative action, a new study finds. In these states, the portion of underrepresented minorities among students admitted and enrolling in public universities has steadily lost ground relative to changing demographic trends among high school graduates, based […]April 8, 2020Latest NewsMeet Kimberlé Crenshaw, a Dr. John Hope Franklin Award RecipientDr. Crenshaw famously coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989 to describe how race, gender, class and other individual characteristics intersect, when she published an article titled, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex” in the University of Chicago Legal Forum.April 7, 2020COVID-19Officials and Advocates Seek to Halt Title IX Rule Changes Amid COVID-19 DisruptionsThree Senators joined 18 state attorneys general and a leading academic association to urge the Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget to suspend changes to Title IX rules on dating violence, domestic abuse and stalking. Citing the closures of schools and colleges around the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic and […]April 6, 2020Latest NewsU.S. Nurse-Midwifery Programs Join International Effort to Reduce Maternal Mortality RatesThe World Health Organization (WHO) has declared 2020 “The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife” (YNM) and is calling upon healthcare organizations and institutions to join its yearlong campaign.March 5, 2020Latest NewsBias Complaints at SUNY Brockport Reach New Level With Firing of Diversity ChiefA series of events at the College at Brockport, including the abrupt dismissal of its chief diversity officer, the resignation of another diversity official, and an EEOC discrimination complaint filed by an administrative staff member have sparked weeks of racial turmoil on the SUNY campus in upstate New York.March 2, 2020Previous PagePage 4 of 23Next Page