June 2021

Prairie View A&M Juvenile Crime Prevention Center Launches Program to Better Youth Behavior

June 1, 2021 | : Prairie View A&M University’s (PVAMU) Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center has launched the Teen Connect Parenting Program, a parent education and support training program to improve parent-child relationships and youth behavior. Partnering with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the evidence-based, ten-week program will help Houston region parents build skills to […]

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Wilberforce University Forgives $375,000 in Student Debt and Fines 2020 and 2021 Graduates

June 1, 2021 | : Wilberforce University announced during spring graduation that it is clearing $375,000 in debt and fines owed by graduates from spring 2020 through those who graduated on Saturday, Dayton Daily News reported. The commencement ceremony was for the classes of 2020 and 2021 and 166 students graduated. “As these graduates begin

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Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young Named Sole Finalist for Texas Southern University Presidency

June 1, 2021 | : Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young has been named sole finalist to become the next president of Texas Southern University (TSU). Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young A confirmation vote by the TSU Board of Regents will take place at the next board meeting on June 17. Crumpton-Young has been provost and senior vice

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Nurturing the Next Generation of Historically Black College and University Leaders

June 1, 2021 | : Nearly six decades ago, I told my mentor, Lawrence A. Davis, Sr., also known as “Prexy,” who was then president of Arkansas AM&N College, now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), that I wanted to be president of a Black college. His response was to give me the

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How lessons learned in delivering courses last year may affect the mode of course delivery this fall

As universities prepare a return to on-campus activities, many are hoping to keep advantages of remote teaching. More than 1,600 staff and faculty from the University of Waterloo gathered in front of their computer screens in mid-May to hear from senior officials, including President Feridun Hamdullahpur and associate provost of human resources Marilyn Thompson, about

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