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Tuskegee and Auburn Universities Work to Address Racial and Health Disparities in Alabama

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tuskegee and Auburn Universities have agreed to collaborate on partnership expansion between the schools and community outreach. The impact of this partnership will benefit the students of both schools and the surrounding communities where we are based,” said Tuskegee Provost Dr. S. Auburn President Dr. Christopher B.

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Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With past experience as a pediatrician and gynecologist, she also served as chief of family planning and contraceptive research and leader of the school’s program in gynecology for children, adolescents, and young adults. Block Distinguished Service Professor of Health Justice and vice provost.

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Reckoning, Reconciliation & the Hallowed Ground Project

Goucher DEI

This ongoing interdisciplinary project seeks to place the narratives of those who were previously excluded from the historical record to its forefront: Indigenous peoples, enslaved and free African Americans, and other marginalized communities. The most important parts are research and community outreach.

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Opinion: Budget impasse is already impacting higher ed—for the worse

University Business

Smaller academic programs, community outreach, and funding for undergraduate research are also being reduced or eliminated. Valuable programs are being reduced or compromised: Many public institutions in Virginia are cutting classes, freezing hiring, delaying contracts and laying off adjunct faculty.

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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

Ford, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Jillian Saraney, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Key Statement: Service-learning projects designed by students can meet community needs while elevating student learning, engagement, and success by integrating high-impact practices (HIPs) and HIP elements. Photo by Robert Lathrop.

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This medical exam tried ditching test scores to help students. It backfired

University Business

Persistent stress Similarly, students preparing less for the Step 1 test are now just focusing more on other aspects of the exam, such as displaying more research, getting letters of recommendation and acquiring an impressive CV and list of extracurricular activities, according to AMBOSS , a USMLE test preparation service. “I’m

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Conway-Turner: From First-Gen Student to 43-Year Career Retirement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Faculty were creative in finding alternative ways for students to engage in research, said Conway-Turner. In addition to community outreach, Conway-Turner has endeavored to get the community involved with the university. They used simulations, and social scientists used Zoom, but some delays were unavoidable.

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