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…
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the Wells Fargo Legal Specialty Group’s most recent survey, firms based in which major U.S. city are falling behind the revenue growth seen in the rest of the industry in the first six months of 2024, in part because these firms…
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 American Sustainable Business Council recently filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Comptroller Glenn Hegar over a 2021 state law that punishes financial institutions that invest with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) minded priorities. The plaintiff is a nonprofit the represents companies preferring environmentally friendly policies that says Texas’s Senate Bill…
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…
The allegations in a recently filed case in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas are an eyebrow raising, gossipy read that also has lots of potential implications for how Biglaw firms do business. The plaintiff, personal injury firm Fritz and Bianculli, alleges Biglaw firm Holland & Knight allowed three employees to improperly access their confidential client…
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…
The bar exam’s badness is extensively discussed. But you know what gets less of a bad rap? The waiting. Did I pass? Did I get that weird question wrong? Nothing will truly sate you until you get your final score, but there is a small bit of information that may calm you in the meantime….
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…