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West Virginia State University has announced it is launching its first doctorate degree program this May. The two-year program will be fully online catering to working professionals from various fields such as education, the nonprofit sector, and government. The program consists of a minimum of 16 three-hour courses.

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Empowering Teams, Transforming Outcomes: A Guide to Building a Holistic In-House Student Support Program ” includes insights, best practices, and ready-to-use tools to help on-campus teams build internal capacity and to scale high-impact student success practices. “In

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The University of Texas System (UT System) has approved the creation of the Regents’ Research Excellence Program across its four Emerging Research Universities, including UT Arlington, UT Dallas, UT El Paso, and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).

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AUGUST 29, 2023

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has partnered with The Bernard Osher Foundation to create The Osher Scholarship Program at North Carolina A&T State University. This program is designed to support nontraditional students who are working on a degree.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

And the program went on as planned. And please, don’t tell me that having the program go on is what Epps would have wanted. Quickly, carefully, and almost lovingly, Epps was hoisted into the arms of a Black uniformed campus officer off the stage and out of sight, presumably soon after, into an ambulance.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Georgia State University has launched a teacher prep and retention program to help ensure students in metro Atlanta school districts receive stable, qualified classroom instruction. The program is made possible by funding from Georgia State, the four partner school districts, federal- and state-level TEACH Grants and The Goizueta Foundation.

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MARCH 3, 2024

The elimination of jobs and programs "is evidence of the real effect legislative attacks are having on years of efforts to advance diversity and inclusion in higher education," said Paulette Granberry Russell, President & CEO of NADOHE.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Old Dominion University’s (ODU) Darden College of Education and Professional Studies is launching a program to help address disparities in the number of minorritized higher ed faculty. The AACTE-affiliated program will start Spring 2024. It’s really helpful and impactful to be connected to people who are in similar situations.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

program — Diné (Navajo) Culture and Language Sustainability. The program launched its first cohort this fall with three students on a four-year path to a Ph.D. He has nurtured the faculty, programming, and pedagogy of his institution and has watched it grow from a two-year technical school into a research university.

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MARCH 24, 2023

The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will host a Mid-Program Convening for its MSI Aspiring Leaders program in Philadelphia, Pa., for cohort building and skill development. Dr. Marybeth Gasman The event will take place Mar.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The University of San Diego (USD) has launched a master's program for restorative justice. The program – one of four such programs in the nation and the first in California – will span 17 months, with seven online classes, two one-week classes on campus, and one travel seminar. The first cohort will start next fall.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Valerie Paley Through a partnership with the City University of New York’s School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS), New-York Historical has been teaching CUNY students the ins and outs of museum operations via a graduate degree in Museum Studies program. or higher on a 4.0

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AUGUST 28, 2023

program after Maryland’s Office of the Attorney General questioned the validity of the vote approving it, The Daily Record reported. Towson’s program proposal had received criticism from advocates for what they claim was a duplication of a program at Morgan State University. It plans to resubmit at a later date. The current Gov.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is looking to enhance its student success coaching program as its student demographics change. And it is partnering with student coaching non-profit InsideTrack to do so.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

The state of Michigan has launched a new education department, which aims to consolidate early childhood and post-secondary education programs, the Detroit Free Press reported. MiLEAP will also take over scholarship programs from the Department of Treasury. It will not replace Michigan State Board of Education (MDE).

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Target Corporation is launching an internship program for students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the Minneapolis/St. The program will last eight to 10 weeks and will accept up to 100 participants in each class. Paul Business Journal reported.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Working with a broad network of campus-based contacts, program staff on both sides of the Pacific, program alumni and friends, and other colleagues across a few dozen U.S. Dabney is well-known nationally for his work promoting global learning opportunities for both students from U.S.

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MARCH 8, 2023

Hope Chicago is launching a program to support the parents/guardians of Hope Scholars through postsecondary education pathways, thereby reducing economic and social inequity. The Parent Scholar Program includes debt-free higher education options for more than 4,000 Chicago students and their parents. That's a new frontier.

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JUNE 13, 2023

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) which represents public Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions, is partnering with cosmetics company Ivy Beauty to create a scholarship program. Applications for the program opened Jun. 5, with a deadline of Jul.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Arizona State University’s (ASU) College of Health Solutions has launched an online community health worker training program (CHW-TP) to strengthen community access to health-promoting services in the state. Full-time participants will receive a $7,500 stipend, $1,000 of which will pay for program costs.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

program, she worked with researchers who were studying why people making 300-400% of the federal poverty level were not signing up for Obamacare. Named for a pioneering African American cell biologist and Dartmouth valedictorian, the program aims to recruit and support scholars devoted to increasing diversity in STEM fields.

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

A national scholarship program for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is set to be launched. The program aims to help financially support civic-minded high school students who are interested in attending HBCUs. The program strives to encourage students to follow in the footsteps of the Rev.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Students from the Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP) have attained bachelor’s degrees, the first time in U.S. Dr. Jennifer Lackey Northwestern University The prisoners – they engaged in the program from inside Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois – were celebrated at a Nov. Juliana Stratton.“The

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Salt Lake Community College The Native American Community Scholars & Fellowship program – set to begin January of next year – will pay for the tuition costs for students taking up to 18 credit hours. Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) will cover the tuition for members of Utah’s federally recognized tribes.

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MARCH 22, 2024

Antisemitism Awareness Program Launched at HBCUs Sara Weissman Fri, 03/22/2024 - 03:00 AM Students at South Carolina State University and Voorhees University are learning about antisemitism and the history of Black-Jewish relations as part of a new program. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Participating in policy debate programs in grade school is associated with improvements in English language arts (ELA) and better odds of graduating and going to college, according to findings from a new study in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

And before this most recent change, students aiming to get into the school’s applied mathematics, applied sciences, computer science, cybersecurity, data science, or engineering programs, had to have completed pre-Calculus as well.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

Department of Education for a program to teach K-12 teachers about civics, history, and media literacy. The co-pilots of the program are Dr. Lauren Harris, an associate professor of history education, and Dr. Leanna Archambault, professor of learning design and technology. Arizona State University (ASU) faculty have received $1.6

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Georgia University’s Decision to Close Prison Program Prompts ‘Heartbreak’ Sara Weissman Fri, 04/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Professors and students want Georgia State University to keep its college-in-prison program open. The institution’s leaders say new federal standards make it too costly to do so. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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AUGUST 23, 2023

An academic enrichment program at Tallahassee Community College that primarily serves African American men won't have to change its name under a new state higher education law, reported WUSF. This extracurricular program provides support services to students and doesn't rely on state or federal funding.

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JUNE 12, 2023

Coastline College is now offering a program to help teach faculty about the complexities and nuances of the Vietnam War. The program will run Jun. The goal is to help faculty create curricular materials for humanities courses and provide veterans and Southeast Asian students more access to meaningful content. 19-23 virtually.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The University of Michigan-Flint is partnering with select Michigan community colleges to bring more students into nursing programs. in Nursing programs, an effort to increase access and affordability for such programs. The $56 million initiative – a result of Michigan Gov.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

The state of Michigan is expanding a program that provides a tuition-free community scholarship to adults ages 21-24 who have not yet earned college degrees, FOX 2 reported. To be eligible, students must apply for the Michigan Reconnect Scholarship by Nov.

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JUNE 12, 2023

Jessica Hicklin The organization seeks to support prison education programs that promote perspectives and leadership of those who have experienced the prison system and that help out overlooked populations and regions. Postsecondary educational programs in prisons have been shown to be beneficial to families and communities.

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MAY 17, 2023

They had money from Train for Jobs SA (TFJSA), a city-funded pandemic-era program to help unemployed or underemployed San Antonio residents retrain for high-demand careers. Although they had two medical assistant programs, they were 4-6 semesters and didn’t offer the flexibility that non-traditional students often need.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

HBCU advocates have voiced concerns to Maryland officials about how approving a doctoral business analytics program at Towson University violates a 2021 federal ruling, The Baltimore Banner reported. There was “insufficient evidence of demonstrable harm” to Morgan’s program, Seurkamp wrote. Charles Sydnor III. Towson’s Ph.D.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Ron DeSantis said he would strip accreditation from colleges and universities with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, MSNBC reported. As president, Florida Gov. It is unclear, however, if he would possess the authority to do so. Ron DeSantis DeSantis made the comments during an Oct.

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