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Sports

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to Proceed with 2021 Winter and Spring Sports

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) announced Tuesday that it will proceed with 2021 winter and spring sports. Basketball – both men’s and women’s – will begin Jan. 9 for a 12-14 game schedule, ending with the SIAC Basketball Championship Tournament. Spring 2021 will have men’s and women’s tennis, golf, men’s and women’s track and […]

November 4, 2020

COVID-19

Indiana University Launches Own COVID-19 Testing Labs

Indiana University has started its own COVID-19 testing labs, according to an IU university officials. Since August, IU has been testing its students, faculty and staff. Tests were sent to a third-party lab to be analyzed. These new labs, in Bloomington and at IU School of Medicine on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, will […]

October 22, 2020

COVID-19

Ithaca College Announces 130 Faculty Layoffs Due to Low Enrollment

Ithaca College recently announced that it will have to cut approximately 130 faculty jobs due to low enrollment, according to  The Ithaca Voice. The school’s provost, Dr. La Jerne Cornish made the announcement, including an estimation that the college would only need 415 of its current 547 faculty members and that the school has to […]

October 12, 2020

Latinx

Excelencia’s ALASS Institute Focuses on the Future of HSIs

More than 1,000 higher education and organizational leaders virtually convened last week as part of Excelencia in Education’s Accelerating Latino Student Success (ALASS) Institute. Discussions focused on advancing equity for Latinx students as well the future of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) post-COVID-19.

October 5, 2020

COVID-19

LSU Experiences Record Enrollment Despite COVID-19

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, enrollment at Louisiana State University (LSU) has reached an all-time high for the fall semester, according to The Associated Press.  In fact, more than 34,000 students are taking courses via in-person or online through the Baton Rouge campus. The flagship university also broke records for the third-straight year with its freshmen […]

September 29, 2020

Students

Church Raises $100,000 for College Students Amid Pandemic

The Bethel Baptist Institutional Church in Jacksonville, Fla. awarded 85 students with scholarships worth at least $1,000 for tuition, books and other fees amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to First Coast News. Every summer for the past 20 years, Bethel has held an annual walk-a-thon to raise funds to support this initiative, but due the […]

September 28, 2020

Sports

Big Ten Will Have Eight-Game Fall Football Season

The Big Ten will have an eight-game football season starting the weekend of Oct. 24, USA Today reported. The decision was made by the Big Ten’s presidents Wednesday morning amidst public pressure, undoing their decision in August to postpone the fall schedule. The Big Ten presidents cited new medical information to conclude that they could […]

September 17, 2020

African-American

Kamala Harris Promises Free College Tuition for Low-Income Students

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris promised Thursday that if she and Joe Biden are elected in November, they would make college free for low-income students, Black Enterprise reported. Harris made the promise during a discussion at Florida Memorial University, saying students whose family makes less than $125,000 a year will get free tuition. […]

September 16, 2020

COVID-19

University of Michigan Seeks Injunction to Stop Graduate Student Protests

University of Michigan President Dr. Mark Schlissel is seeking an injunction to get protesting graduate students back to teaching, The Michigan Daily reported. This comes a day after the Graduate Employees’ Organization voted to extend its strike, citing unmet demands. Schlissel is asking a county circuit court to require GEO members to work by issuing […]

September 15, 2020

COVID-19

Campaign Focuses on Educator Experiences During COVID-19 Pandemic

To discuss ways to reduce further learning disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustice unrest within the United States, the Center for American Progress (CAP) and EduColor launched the #WeBuildEDU campaign Sep. 8.

September 8, 2020

HBCUs

APLU Hosts Virtual 130th Anniversary of the Morrill Act of 1890

Over 600 higher education leaders and policymakers virtually attended an Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) webinar to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the Morrill Act of 1890.

August 31, 2020

COVID-19

A Window for Change: 2020 Highlights Challenge to Fragile Community Residents

Americans love stories about unlikely heroes. We love to watch or read about individuals who flourish from humble beginnings, overcoming great odds.

August 7, 2020