July 2021

July 28, 2021 | : Stepping into his presidency at Michigan-based Hope College in 2019, Matthew A. Scogin acknowledged that higher education had “never been more important.” Yet, it also had “never been more cost prohibitive.” As of 2021, student loan debt has amounted to $1.7 trillion in the United States, the Board of Governors

July 28, 2021 | : In announcing its new vice president for public safety, Johns Hopkins University signaled that it plans to move forward with creating its own private police force — a decision that has been hotly debated, reports The Baltimore Sun. Dr. Branville Bard Jr. Massachusetts police commissioner Dr. Branville Bard Jr. will

July 28, 2021 | : U.S. Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona Under the American Rescue Plan Act’s Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) program, the U.S. Department of Education has released nearly $600 million in funding to support students experiencing homelessness. “As a nation, we must do everything we can do to ensure that all students—including

July 28, 2021 | : Christopher Alan Bracey In a letter to faculty members, Christopher Alan Bracey, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The George Washington University, laid out health protocols for a return to campus this fall, the GW Hatchet reported. Faculty  members would not be required to “police compliance”

July 27, 2021 | : One million Black-owned businesses by 2030. That’s the ambitious goal set by John Hope Bryant in October 2020. John Hope Bryant Bryant has been working to improve Black financial literacy globally for over thirty years. Now, in his work to “create an economic infrastructure for Black America and for underserved

July 27, 2021 | : More than four decades after Vanderbilt University expelled Rev. James Lawson for his involvement in the civil rights movement, the private, Nashville University has decided to honor the civil rights stalwart with the creation of the James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Nonviolent Movements at Vanderbilt University.

July 26, 2021 | : New research indicates that while teachers of color contribute to the overall academic success of all students, they further increase graduation rates and mitigate school challenges for students of color. Yet, they only represent 20% of the teacher workforce, Education Trust reported. Dr. Wing “Winnie” Yi Chan “We know that

July 26, 2021 | : A few weeks into the fall semester of 2020, Mary Trabue already felt the waves of exhaustion and isolation from online lectures hit her. She was in her third undergraduate year at The Ohio State University (OSU), studying biological engineering. A usually motivated student, Traube began noticing herself slowly disengaged.