Everyone agrees on the need for an action plan on student mental health, but there are still concerns. After holding consultations with 140 people in January 2021, the government of Quebec has released its action plan for student mental health in higher education. However, the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), which represents the Fédération […]
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Fall sports are back in action on most college campuses, despite the ongoing threat of COVID-19 and the Delta variant. After an academic year in which some institutions and conferences chose not to compete at all and others played modified schedules, most colleges and universities in Divisions I, II and III are fielding teams in
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Community college has proven to be an access point for underrepresented groups, with an earned reputation of affordability, accessibility and flexibility. As the number of Hispanic students enrolling in college continue to rise, priorities around increasing ethnic leadership must be addressed. In 2017, the American Council on Education, American College President Study reported 4% of
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Dr. Lodriguez Murray, senior vice president of public policy and government affairs at the United Negro College FundThe Biden-Harris administration from the start proposed sweeping higher education policies that many advocates praised as long overdue and much needed to tackle equity issues that the pandemic brought to the fore. Months later, Congress this week, has
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The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded the American Indian College Fund $300,000 for the Native Students Stepping Forward: Dollar General High School Equivalency Completion Program. The program provides approximately 400 students a chance to attain a high school equivalency (HSE) at six Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) on or near reservations where no similar
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Campus leaders are more concerned about supporting students’ well-being, financial needs and mental health than they are about the potential for campus unrest, protests or confrontations, concludes a report, Academic Year 2021–2022: Are College Campuses Ready?, by The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the Center for University Excellence at American University (AU).
Former Indiana State Health Commissioner and the 20th U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams is joining Purdue University. There, he will assume multiple titles including Presidential Fellow; the inaugural executive director of health equity initiatives; professor of practice in the departments of Pharmacy Practice and Public Health; and a faculty member of the Regenstrief Center
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Dawn ChisebeAfter serving in the role on an interim basis since August 2020, Dawn Chisebe will become chief diversity officer at Ohio Wesleyan University. In addition to leading the university’s diversity and inclusion initiatives, Chisebe will continue to teach classes within the Department of Africana, Gender, and Identity Studies. “Dawn Chisebe is tireless and fearless in
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Rendered design of the new Health and Human Services Building, courtesy of the Office of Morgan State UniversityMorgan State University will celebrate the groundbreaking for its new $171 million Health and Human Services Building on Thursday, Oct. 30. The facility will provide modern classrooms, labs, demonstration, office, and community spaces for four departments at Morgan:
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Rutgers University in New JerseyRutgers University in New Jersey announced a Climate Action Plan and established the Office of Climate Action, which will lead the university’s efforts to eliminate greenhouse gases and be carbon neutral by 2040. “Achieving these imperative goals will involve everyone in our university community and every aspect—from the day-to-day operations of
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