[ad_1] A student at the University of California, Davis, was stabbed to death last week—one of three victims of recent knife attacks in the area that have left the campus shaken, CNN reported. Officials implemented an overnight shelter-in-place order late Monday after the most recent stabbing, which police say occurred at “a known transient camp” …
[ad_1] James Madison University’s Faculty Senate has now passed a series of resolutions criticizing Provost Heather Coltman, including one last month in which it “condemns the culture of intimidation emanating from the provost’s office.” That resolution said Coltman publicly demanded during a September Faculty Senate meeting, and in private, “the name(s) of the author(s) of …
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[ad_1] The Education Department is planning to tweak—but not end—a pilot program for prison higher education programs as it gears up to reinstate Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students broadly. The department’s announcement means that education for incarcerated students won’t be disrupted when new regulations take effect this summer, officially giving those students access to …
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[ad_1] The New College of Florida has received a record influx of state funding this budget cycle, according to a report from The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The investments were made in the months after Governor Ron DeSantis overhauled the college’s Board of Trustees, who then fired its president; scuttled the employment of faculty members; eliminated its …
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[ad_1] Howard University named Ben Vinson III, a self-described “living Diasporan” and a historian of African and Latin American diasporas, as the institution’s 18th president Tuesday. He will replace Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, who has been president of Howard since 2014. Vinson started his academic career on the faculties of Barnard College and Penn State University …
[ad_1] Historically Black colleges and universities received 178 times less funding from philanthropic foundations compared to Ivy League institutions on average in 2019, according to a new report by Candid, a philanthropy research group, and ABFE, an organization that advocates for investing in Black communities. The report, released Tuesday, found that the Ivies received $5.5 billion …
[ad_1] Susquehanna University is eliminating 18 jobs as part of a plan to rebalance its budget and create a sustainable future, according to a statement from President Jonathan Green. The small, private institution in Pennsylvania has faced “unplanned financial challenges” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, he noted. “To close the budget gap by …
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[ad_1] The word temperamental has appeared in 59 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Feb. 9 in the Opinion essay “How Do You Serve a Friend in Despair?” by David Brooks: He seemed, outwardly, like the person in my circle least likely to be afflicted by a devastating depression, with a cheerful …
[ad_1] Twitter owner Elon Musk has reportedly emailed an NPR reporter to ask if the organization is returning to the website and to suggest that the company could reassign its account if it doesn’t. According to NPR, Musk sent one of its reporters an unprompted email that reads: “So is NPR going to start posting …
