President Biden’s American Families Plan aims to create free community college for all and cover the first two years of costs for low- to middle- income students who attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Some conservatives have been quick to point to the price tag of Biden’s proposal ($1.8 trillion), […]
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July 2, 2021 | : In March, a group gathered in the middle of Lincoln University’s student union area for a celebration, complete with balloons, music, photo opportunities and appearances made by the school’s king and queen. The occasion? A “period pop-up shop,” in which tampons, pads and other sanitary products were handed out as
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July 2, 2021 | : Carolinas College of Health Sciences is partnering with Charlotte business execs Todd and Janelle Collins of Red Hill Ventures to create a nurse aide education program meant to remove barriers, especially for students of color, Q City Metro reported. Janelle and Todd Collins The Collins duo created the Todd and
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July 2, 2021 | : Pace University’s College of Health Professions has received nearly $2 million to increase opportunities and retention for minorities in nursing, according to Pace officials. The Nursing Workforce Diversity four-year grant – funded through the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) – is meant to increase educational opportunities and retention for first-gen college
July 2, 2021 | : Dr. Estella Atekwana has been appointed University of California, Davis dean of the College of Letters and Science, effective Aug. 1. Dr. Estella Atekwana Atekwana was a faculty member in the Department of Earth Sciences and dean of the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment at University of Delaware. Atekwana holds
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July 2, 2021 | : Dr. Belinda ’Otukolo Saltiban has been appointed associate vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Belinda ’Otukolo Saltiban Prior to the appointment, she had served as chief inclusion and diversity officer at Utah Valley University, assistant dean of undergraduate studies at University of Utah and director of the
July 2, 2021 | : Like many HBCU graduates and supporters, I am thrilled whenever I read that an HBCU has received a multimillion-dollar gift, whether or not it is my alma mater. While it is not always readily apparent what criteria was used by the donor in selecting which institution to invest in, three
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned comedian Dr. Bill Cosby’s 2018 prison sentence Wednesday—citing a violation of his due process rights. Cosby was serving a three-to-10-year sentence for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, who was one of more than 60 women to accuse the 83-year-old actor of rape and sexual
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July 1, 2021 | : In the Spring of 2020, rural Alabama was struggling to get access to COVID tests. That’s when Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster stepped in. “We have to go there,” Payne-Foster told her boss, Dr. John Higginbotham, who is the chair of the Department of Community Medicine and Population Health and the founding
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July 1, 2021 | : The Institute of International Education (IIE) named Harris-Stowe State University, a historically Black university in Saint Louis, Missouri, as one of 40 recipients for a grant focused on increasing access to study abroad opportunities. As part of the IIE American Passport Project grant, 25 first-year students are selected from each
