May 2022

The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), a research and advocacy nonprofit, unveiled a new report on Monday with findings from its nationwide college completion initiative called Degrees When Due. “Higher education offers a path to workplace advancement, economic security, and social mobility — but only if students are able to cross the completion finish line,” said Mamie […]

The American Bar Association (ABA), the world’s largest voluntary association of lawyers, unveiled new bar exam pass rate data by race, ethnicity, and gender among ABA-approved law schools. The released charts include aggregate data collected in 2021 and 2022 across nine ethnicities and broken down by gender. Following revisions in 2019 to a bar passage

Accreditation is critical for institutions of higher education. Not only is it an indication of academic quality, but it also provides a level of assurance to the public that the institution is fulfilling its mission, equipping students with a rigorous academic experience, and engaging in systematic peer review processes to continuously strengthen the educational quality

Nakobe Dean“Nakobe as an athlete is extremely self-motivated, and this goes into all walks of his life,” says Glenn Schumann, co-defensive coordinator, inside linebackers, University of Georgia, about Nakobe Dean, this year’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year. “He’s the picture of a self-starter. He’s hard on himself. He’s a guy that

This weekend in New York City, thousands of community college representatives from across the nation gathered with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), their first in-person convention since the pandemic. Community college leaders gather to hear Dr. Michael Baston, Dr. Lawrence Rouse, and Dr. Willie Smith on Monday at the New York City Midtown

Jennifer RosalesJennifer Rosales has been appointed vice president for inclusion and engaged learning and chief diversity officer at Barnard College in New York City. For the past two years, she has served as the inaugural executive director of the Center for Engaged Pedagogy at Barnard. Earlier, Rosales was the director of research and evaluation at

Shatrela Washington-HubbardShatrela Washington-Hubbard has been named the Swinton A. Griffith III Dean of the College of Business & Communication at Brenau University. She previously served as interim dean since August 2021. Washington-Hubbard earned a bachelor of business administration degree from Georgia State University, a master’s degree in human resources from the University of South Carolina and

Gabriela CastanedaGabriela Castaneda has been appointed Latinx achievement director at Chapman University. She previously served as assistant director of career services in the Argyros School of Business & Economics, where she has served since 2016. Castaneda earned her Ed.D. in community college/higher education educational leadership from California State University, Long Beach; a doctoral institute certificate from