The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, & Justice has released its final report on equity in higher education. Dr. Marybeth Gasman“Wounded Healers: The Pandemic, Racial Battle Fatigue, and Higher Education in California” is part of a Proctor Institute’s three-report “Year of Equity” research series examining equity in K-12 and higher education. “This series…
Rick TorresNational Student Clearinghouse’s longtime president and CEO Rick Torres has announced his intention to retire from the nonprofit provider of higher education verifications and electronic education record exchanges. “My 17 years leading the Clearinghouse have fulfilled a deep desire to contribute to the education community,” said Torres, who is expected to leave the role…
(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Republicans’ New, Dangerous Attempt to Break the Election: Even if the Supreme Court rejects this plea, the GOP will…
Dr. Monica G. WilliamsMonica G. Williams has been appointed Houston campus president of Texas Woman’s University. She served as foundation president and vice president of advancement at the University of North Texas at Dallas. Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism/English and a master’s in communications from Texas Southern University as well as a Ph.D….
The Democratic National Convention held in Chicago was a celebration of Vice President Kamala Harris, now the party’s official nominee for President of the United States. Researchers Dr. Terrell Strayhorn and J’Quen Johnson noticed it wasn’t just Harris in the spotlight, but her alma mater and sorority as well. Harris attended Howard University, one of…
Rick TorresNational Student Clearinghouse’s longtime president and CEO Rick Torres has announced his intention to retire from the nonprofit provider of higher education verifications and electronic education record exchanges. “My 17 years leading the Clearinghouse have fulfilled a deep desire to contribute to the education community,” said Torres, who is expected to leave the role…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The University of Texas System’s governing board announced plans Thursday to combine a research university and academic health center in San Antonio into one institution. Under the plan, the University of Texas at San Antonio…
As a part of the Legal Marketing Association’s partnership with Above the Law, each month we’ll share a roundup of insights and intel from Strategies & Voices, the online trade journal dedicated to the craft of legal marketing. Spanning the LMA’s Body of Knowledge domains for Marketing Management and Leadership, articles in this edition help…
Dive Brief: Layoffs are coming to the University of California, Santa Cruz as the institution tries to get a handle on its budget, Chancellor Cynthia Larive said in a message to campus Aug. 20. The public university’s fiscal 2024 year, which ended June 30, showed it had a whopping $107 million deficit in its core…
Lenoir-Rhyne University has been awarded a $1.2 million grant through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Hank WeddingtonThe grant is designed to address science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teacher shortages and create pathways for underrepresented students to become STEM educators, according to Dr. Hank Weddington, dean of…