Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 30, 2022

While COVID-19 had a disproportionate impact on many marginalized communities, one of the hardest hit populations were incarcerated individuals. By March 2022, two years after the pandemic began its catastrophic spread across the United States, over 588,000 cases of Covid spread through the U.S. prison system. A prison’s close quarters quickly blossomed into infection hotspots, and so far over 3,000 incarcerated people have died from the virus.

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Great College Advice

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Get the Most from Campus Visits. As you plan the general goals of your campus visits , plan the logistics , take the tour , listen to the information session , and investigate the campus surroundings , keep in mind these few tips for making the visit as productive, successful, and fun as possible. Parent Tips for Campus Visits. Don’t ask too many questions, either in the information session or during the campus tour.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Dr. Art Pimentel will become president of Folsom Lake College, effective Jan. 9, 2023. Dr. Art Pimentel Most recently, Pimentel was president of Woodland Community College. Other positions he has held include Woodland City Council member; mayor of Woodland; Woodland Joint Unified School District board member; and chairman for the Yolo County Transportation District, Yolo-Solano Air Quality District, and the Cleaner Air Partnership of Sacramento.

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Proctor Academy

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Proctor Academy is the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Safe Sports School award for its Athletic Training program. The award champions safety and recognizes secondary schools that have met the recommended standards to improve safety in sports. The award reinforces the importance of providing the best level of care, injury prevention, and treatment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 30, 2022

It would likely not make sense for someone to repeatedly run sprints, do agility drills, and hoist their body into another person for no reason. It isn’t until the context of football and the opportunities that participation in the sport entails that it would make sense for those students who choose to play to engage in it. The context around football has been infused with value.

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Ray Schroeder

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Henderson State University continues its march back toward financial stability, Arkansas State University System President Chuck Welch said Friday. He said that recently completed audits showed "no audit findings" for Henderson. Welch made his remarks to the Arkansas State University System board of trustees, who met Friday in Little Rock. "When we took over Henderson, there were many unanswered questions about its overall financial well-being, budget, balance sheet and staffing levels," Welch s

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 30, 2022

President Joe Biden has signed into law the VETS Credit Act, a policy to ensure student veterans can easily transfer course credits to another institution should their school close or program abruptly end. President Joe Biden The legislation had passed the U.S. House 412-1 in May with bipartisan support and passed the U.S. Senate unanimously in December.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Vassar College President Dr. Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Bradley has been awarded a 2023 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, Yale University Graduate School’s highest alumni honor. Bradley was commended for her scholarly work in public health and her commitment to the health and well-being of local and global communities. Dr. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Bradley She is lauded for her efforts in hospital care quality and large-scale health system strengthening in the U.S. and abroad, having received the 2018 William B.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The nearly two-month-long search for the suspect in the gruesome homicides of four University of Idaho students came to an end Friday with the arrest of Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student at Washington State University who was arrested in Pennsylvania. Kohberger, a criminology student at WSU , allegedly used a fixed-blade knife to murder Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen in the early hours of Nov. 13 at the home in Moscow, Idaho, where three of the four vi

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Sharon P. Pitt Sharon P. Pitt has been appointed Brown University’s vice president for information technology and chief information officer. Pitt served as vice president for information technologies and chief information officer at the University of Delaware. She earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and a Master of Architecture degree from Virginia Tech.

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Ray Schroeder

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education wants state lawmakers to rethink the formula for funding higher ed. But that proposal isn’t being met with universal praise. The issue was debated in hearings at the State Budget Committee this week. The old funding formula prioritized improvements in completing degrees. The commission said the new formula should be broader.

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EAB

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Explore EAB's infographic to see what 215+ higher ed leaders think are today’s biggest barriers to DEIJ strategy. Thanks for your interest! To access this content, please log in or register for a free guest account. Log In. Register. The post Why Setting a Clear Vision Matters Most to DEIJ Progress Right Now appeared first on EAB.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A former Coppin State University (CSU) basketball player is suing the school, alleging sexual assault and blackmail from an assistant basketball coach, the Baltimore Brew reported. According to the lawsuit, the coach, Lucian Brownlee, catfished a player online into providing intimate photos and texts and blackmailed him into videotaping a sexual encounter before publicizing the material when the player resisted demands for sex.

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