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Leading Higher Ed Stakeholders Offer Advice to Newly-Minted Ph.Ds. Looking for Work

Higher education has been hit with furloughs and layoffs stemming from the economic instability brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The national unemployment rate in April reached a high of 14.7% but dropped to 13.3% in May, the Bureau for Labor Statistics (BLS) reported. However, when broken down by education, individuals with a college degree were less likely to be unemployed.

July 22, 2020

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JPMorgan Program Focuses on Creating More Economic Opportunity for Black Communities

Launched in 2019, JPMorgan Chase and Co.’s Advancing Black Pathways (ABP) program has focused on creating more economic opportunities for Black communities through education, career and wealth creation. As part of the ABP program, JPMorgan made a commitment to hire 4,000 Black students over a five-year period in apprenticeships, internships and full-time positions.

July 21, 2020

COVID-19

U of Pittsburgh: Students Must Shelter-in-Place for Two Weeks Before In-Person Classes

The University of Pittsburgh will require students to shelter-in-place for two weeks before they can begin attending in-person classes in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic, reported Pittsburgh’s Action News. Students living in campus housing will be required to shelter-in-place for seven days immediately before arriving on campus and then for seven days immediately upon […]

July 21, 2020

Sports

SWAC Postpones All Fall Sports, Says Football Training Will Begin in January

The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced the postponement of all scheduled fall sports contests due to COVID-19 and said it has “started the process of formalizing plans” to hold these contests in the spring. Specifically, the conference said football training will begin in January 2021, ahead of a planned seven-game conference schedule. “Each member institution will […]

July 21, 2020

Sports

Commonwealth Coast Conference Suspends Fall Sports Competition

The Commonwealth Coast Conference said it is suspending intercollegiate sports competition this coming fall “in the face of unprecedented challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.” The conference said that, if public health conditions improve and NCAA guidance is favorable, it hopes to begin competition for winter sports athletic competition as early as Jan. 1, 2021. […]

July 20, 2020

Sports

NEAC Suspends Intercollegiate Athletic Competition in the Fall

The North Eastern Athletic Conference has suspended intercollegiate athletic competition in the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference said a decision regarding winter and spring competition will be made at a later date. The conference said it will continue to monitor the scale of the pandemic and rely on NCAA recommendations, Centers for […]

July 20, 2020

Sports

East Coast Conference Suspends All Intercollegiate Competition During the Fall

The East Coast Conference has decided to suspend all intercollegiate competition during the fall 2020 semester due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The events affected by the cancellation are men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball. Women’s tennis has already been moved to the spring […]

July 20, 2020

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Three Atlanta HBCUs Will Go Fully Online This Fall As COVID-19 Cases Rise

Three prominent HBCUs (historically Black colleges or universities) — Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University — announced on Monday they will remain fully online this fall due to escalating COVID-19 cases nationwide.

July 20, 2020

Sports

MIAA To Delay the Start of All Sports Practices, Competition

The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association, or MIAA, said it will delay the start of all intercollegiate athletic practices until the week of Aug. 31, with the start of competition delayed until the week of Sept. 28, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This plan allows our student-athletes to get back on campus and get acclimated […]

July 20, 2020

Sports

Colonial Athletic Association Cancels Fall Football Amid Pandemic

The Colonial Athletic Association has decided to cancel football this coming fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference’s 12 members though will be allowed to pursue their own schedules, said ESPN. “The institutions of the Colonial Athletic Association recognize that we compete in a Conference made up of ten distinctive institutions that are located […]

July 20, 2020

COVID-19

Ithaca College Won’t Allow Students From States With High Numbers of COVID-19 Cases on Campus

Ithaca College said it will not allow students from states with high numbers of COVID-19 cases to move to campus or take in-person classes this coming fall. The college said it has made this decision in line with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s June 24 executive order requiring individuals traveling into New York State from […]

July 20, 2020

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Charles R. Drew U of Medicine and Science Trains Doctors to Tackle Healthcare Disparities

On Aug. 11, more than a half century ago, the nearly all-Black community of Watts in South Central Los Angeles was simmering in a California heatwave. But before the day was done, Watts exploded into violence and flames after an abusive White patrolman arrested a young Black man for driving drunk. The incident touched off […]

July 17, 2020