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Dr. Namandjé Bumpus Becomes First Black Woman to Chair a Department at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

In May, Dr. Namandjé Bumpus made history when she was named director of the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The appointment makes Bumpus the first African American woman to lead a department at the School of Medicine and the only African American woman currently chairing a pharmacology department at any medical school in the United States.

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Stanford Graduate School of Business Releases Action Plan to Address Racial Inequity and Bias

The Stanford Graduate School of Business has launched an action plan to address racial inequity and bias at the institutional level and within the higher education sector.

Clemson Wildlife Ecology Professor Giving Credit to Creativity in Science

For wildlife ecology professor Dr. J. Drew Lanham, his relationship with the natural world isn’t just scientific and objective, but deeply personal — it runs “bone marrow deep.”

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Report: Colleges Ramp Up Advertising During COVID-19, Especially For-Profits

Colleges and universities are spending a lot of money on advertising during the pandemic, particularly for-profit colleges, according to a new study by the Century Foundation.

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Will Higher Education Take Center Stage at Democratic National Convention?

As the Democratic National Convention kicks off, experts speculate about what role higher education policy will play in the proceedings and what a Biden-Harris ticket could – and should – mean for higher education reform.

Colleges and Universities Celebrate Women’s Vote Centennial

Even as colleges and universities grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and the return to a new school year, many are finding ways to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment that gave White women the right to vote.

Academic Uses Spotlight of Stage to Highlight Diversity Initiatives

Theater has always been a part of Dr. Harry J. Elam Jr.’s life. Last month, Elam was named president of Occidental College.

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Morehouse Takes Center Stage in Response to COVID-19’s Impact on Minority Communities

With a $40 million grant, the federal government has asked leaders at Morehouse School of Medicine to mount a widespread, comprehensive fight against COVID-19 in communities that have been hardest hit. The work that MSM will do with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health over the next three years is historic and massive — and getting underway in the middle of the pandemic.

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Howard, Columbia Collaborate on Reparations Project

The U.S. African American Redress Network was created when the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University teamed up to spotlight the numerous local reparations initiatives across the nation and be a resource in support of such efforts.

Excelencia in Education Analyzes CARES ACT and Federal Funding Proposal’s Impact on HSIs

In a new analysis, Excelencia in Education looked at current federal COVID-19 funding proposals as well as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and its impact on Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs).

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Report: Higher Ed Presidents Focused on Managing COVID-19 and Confronting Injustice

College and university presidents preparing for the upcoming school year amid COVID-19 are focused on maintaining academic programs and current tuition levels, cutting staff and administrative positions, and addressing issues of racial injustice, according to a national survey conducted by a leading higher education organization.

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A New Paper Series Recommends Ways to Simplify the FAFSA

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) recently came out with a series of ten papers on ways to streamline the notoriously complicated FAFSA, the application for student financial aid. With grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last summer, the organization created an updated version of its 2015 proposal for […]

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