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Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Temple University will not pursue a merger or acquisition with the shuttered University of the Arts, the public institution said Thursday. The two Philadelphia-based universities have been in talks for months following UArts’ closure, with reports that…
The University of Arizona College of Nursing has received a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service. Dr. Timian GodfreyThe grant is expected to fund the Indians in Nursing: Career Advancement and Transition Scholars Program for five years, providing as many as six Indigenous students at the…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Bondholders are pushing the University of the Arts for full payment on tens of millions of dollars in debt, declaring the institution in default on its obligations. According to a Wednesday document from the bonds’…
Dr. Kevin F. HallockMore prospective University of Richmond students will qualify for Richmond’s Promise to Virginia thanks to changes to the initiative, which targets first-time, first-year students who meet certain income and need-based financial aid criteria. In its effort to make education more affordable, the university is increasing the qualifying income level for lower-income Virginians…
The Emmett Till Archives, featuring primary and secondary source material related to the life, murder, and memory of Emmett Louis Till, is part of special collections at the Florida State University Libraries. Shown are Emmett and Mamie Till, 1908.FSU Special Collections & ArchivesFlorida State University has acquired new documents it plans to add to the…
A webinar series designed to address key governance challenges, and opportunities, confronting Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) kicks off Oct. 1 with “HBCU Spotlight: The Roles and Responsibilities of Boards and Presidents.” The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) and the Association of Governing Boards (AGB) have partnered to offer the MSI Governance Webinar Series with…
Scholars, practitioners, policymakers, funders, students, and concerned citizens from around the world will convene in October for the 2024 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education. Community Conversations is a forum open to the local community of concerned citizens that is designed to cultivate broad-based discourse on topics associated with Black males in education during…
The U.S. Department of Education has released its framework for the 2025–26 FAFSA Testing Period, which starts Oct. 1. Jeremy Singer“We’re using the beta testing period to uncover and fix issues with the FAFSA form before the form is available to millions of students and their families,” said FAFSA Executive Advisor Jeremy Singer. The testing…
Erika ThompsonErika Thompson has been appointed associate director of the Center for African and African American Studies at Rice University in Texas. She served as the community liaison for the African American History Research Center at the Gregory School within the Houston Public Library system. Thompson holds a master’s in Africana studies from Cornell University…
Throughout the years, political figures have maintained a love and hate relationship with hip-hop music and culture. While in past decades many rappers were heavily scrutinized for crude and profane lyrical content, artists making the same type of content are now fully embraced by both leading presidential candidates. As political tensions and visibility have risen…