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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

population is 12% Black and 19% Hispanic, but in 2021 only 5% of PhDs in STEM fields were earned by Black individuals and 8% by Hispanic individuals. Those institutions don’t receive as much research funding from the federal government. They’re not in turn able to fund their students.”

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Report: HBCU and Tribal Land-Grant Universities Significantly Underfunded

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2020-2021, the average endowment assets per student at 1862 institutions – LGUs established by the first Morrill Act of 1862 that serve predominantly white students – was $105,500. In contrast, the average was $13,000 at 1890 institutions and $22,710 at 1994 institutions, according to the report.

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Reimagining the broadband technology workforce - Nicol Turner Lee and Brady Tavernier, Brookings

Ray Schroeder

Employment opportunities to install, maintain, and troubleshoot high-speed broadband systems have gotten a boost from the federal government, presenting new opportunities for workers outside of service sector industries, like retail store sales associates, product delivery drivers, and other occupations.

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nation’s public schools lost 7% of their teaching force between 2019 and 2021, and 4% of all teaching positions in the nation’s public schools were unfilled as of last fall. But there’s more the federal government can do.

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Univ. of Phoenix is the Top Recipient of GI Bill Funding

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Between 2013 and 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs gave the for-profit institution $1.6 In 2021–22, the total fell to $69 million, which was still more than any other institution received—even though it ranked fifth for the number of GI Bill students enrolled, according to USA Today.

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Film About the Abuse of People of Color Becomes a Teaching Tool

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I wanted to throw the government’s own book right back at them,” said Webb. the involvement of the federal government in the assassinations of Black civil rights leaders, and more. She compiled the charges and released her film, Betrayal of a Nation , in 2021.

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Be aware: COVID-19 emergency leave will expire June 8

CU Work-Life Balance

The federal government and state of Colorado public health emergency declarations for COVID-19 will expire on May 11. The implementation of Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act in 2021 created a provision for emergency sick leave covering all employees in Colorado.