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Climate change is a top-of-mind issue for minorities in the U.S., according to a polling brief from the AAMC Center for Health Justice. The AAMC Center for Health Justice polled 3,207 U.S. adults to gauge their perspectives on climate change, its impacts, and actions that could be taken toward mitigation.AAMC Center for Health JusticeRising Tide…
Dr. Lutricia HarrisonLutricia Harrison has been named interim president of Houston Community College. She served as a clinical assistant professor at the University of Houston-Katy. Harrison holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Prairie View A&M University as well as a doctorate in nursing practice from the University of Alabama. #LUTRICIA #HARRISON #Diverse #Issues…
In Baltimore, the Henry Highland Garnet Elementary School is a significant part of the city and the nation’s history. Located in the heart of Baltimore’s Black culture, it is where many of the city’s Black leaders, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, began their education. Although the school was closed in the early 1970s…
At the outset of 2021, the future looked bright for 2U. The year before had disrupted higher education, and the entire world, with a global pandemic. As colleges scrambled to continue educating students, the online program manager was able to capitalize on a sudden shift to virtual learning the world over. Over the course of…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Another six states won’t be subject to the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX rules when they take effect next month after a federal judge temporarily blocked the regulations in Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota…
Dr. Marlowe WashingtonMarlowe Washington has been named vice president of people, culture, and equity at Holyoke Community College. He served as senior diversity officer at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York. Washington holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, a master’s in divinity in urban…
The initiative to ease employment-based non-immigrant visas for US college graduates with job offers is aimed at attracting top talent and retaining skilled workers to help the economy. “The US needs to hire more international graduates. Our society is ageing, our birthrate is falling, and our own citizens are choosing not to pursue degrees in…
Since 2014, 30 schools and their brands have been purchased by Chinese investors and companies – marking a 400% growth in the number of schools bought in the nine-year period, according to information compiled by Venture Education. Top of the leaderboard for buying these brands is Bright Scholar, which over the years has bought The…
QVET, a non-profit membership organisation, is soft launching this August, with providers going through a rigorous quality audit before being admitted to the group. The organisation’s founders, Vivek Sharma and Jonathan Marshall, are currently working with a core group of roughly 40 providers from different states and aim to build QVET’s membership to over…
We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from a look at ever-rising college sticker prices to higher education policy trends coming down the pike. #week #numbers #complex #world #tuition #discounting