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Push for Wage Reform Continues in NY
ALBANY, N.Y. — Rather than ending New York’s long debate over the minimum wage, the plan to give a big pay bump to fast-food workers guarantees the debate will continue in the halls of the state...
View ArticleUConn Expands Tuition Benefits for Veterans
STORRS, Conn. ― The University of Connecticut’s Board of Trustees has voted to expand a program that gives tuition breaks to some veterans and their dependents. The program provides tuition at in-state...
View ArticleFacility Being Built at Rhode Island University Collapses
SMITHFIELD, R.I. ― An athletic building under construction at a private university collapsed Tuesday, injuring six construction workers and leaving crumpled steel strewn across the site. Workers were...
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How Surging U.S. Student Debt is Affecting Borrowers’ Lives
WASHINGTON — America’s $1.2 trillion in student debt is having consequences in far-reaching ways. College dropouts and students who borrowed to attend for-profit colleges are at risk of default. Many...
View ArticleHarvard Law Professor Larry Lessig Ends Presidential Bid
WASHINGTON ― Harvard law professor Larry Lessig is ending his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Lessig blamed the demise of his nearly three-month campaign on the Democratic Party, which...
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CAROLYN MA
CAROLYN MA has been appointed interim dean of the University of Hawaii at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy. Ma is also pharmacy practice department chair and an associate professor. She was in...
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty, but is Anyone in Higher Ed Standing With Bill...
Bill Cosby was charged last week on three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault. If Bill Cosby used to give millions to your school, as he did to Spelman College, you can be assured that the...
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Black Academicians Share Advice on How to be Successful in the Academy
Dr. Gail L. Thompson A new book edited by three prominent education scholars provides readers with personal narratives, advice and useful strategies from a cohort of Black academicians who currently...
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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICER: Edwardsville, Illinois Dr. Jeffrey N. Waple Established: 1957 Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs www.siue.edu “The...
View ArticleFight for the Diversity Vote Intensifies as Week’s Primaries Focus on...
Late last week, Def Jam entrepreneur Russell Simmons announced he was supporting Hillary Clinton after reaching out to Bernie Sanders. “I think that Bernie Sanders is overpromising,” Simmons said...
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Bill to Defund University of Tennessee Diversity Office Withdrawn
Dr. Joe DiPietro is president of the University of Tennessee―Knoxville. Tennessee state Sen. Todd Gardenhire (R-Chattanooga) has withdrawn a controversial bill that proposed stripping the funding from...
View ArticleUVA Student Group Supporting Undocumented Students Finds Its Footing
Paola Sanchez Valdez, a sophomore majoring in youth and social innovation at the University of Virginia (UVA), says she is one of the lucky ones. She and her family received permanent resident status...
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North Carolina Group Keeps College Goals Alive for ‘Dreamers’
SANFORD, N.C. — As a high school sophomore and DACA recipient, the connections Danny Rodas made through his mentorship program were invaluable to helping him understand the challenges he would face...
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DACA Student Gets MBA, Eyes Entrepreneurship
Despite the obstacles Jorge Mendez Barcelo faced as an immigrant from Mexico, who arrived in the United States in 2007 at the age of 15, he was able to earn his master’s degree in business...
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On Citizenship and Voting
*Each week leading up to the election my blog posts have focused on various issues, people and policies that voters should consider as they head to the polls. This is the final installment (#5) in that...
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Federal Rule Change Likely to Impact International and Immigrant Students
While the U.S. public-charge rule has existed since the 1990s, the new version recently published has far-reaching implications for immigrant and international students and their families. Dr. Miriam...
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Undocumented Students Struggle to Afford College
Miguel Pimentel Davila When Miguel Pimentel Davila was a first-year student at California State University East Bay, his average day went a little something like this: He woke up at 7 a.m., went to...
View Article$5 Million Aid Fund for Chicago’s Undocumented Immigrants, College Students
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot this week announced a $5 million fund that will distribute cash assistance to the city’s 300,000 undocumented immigrants, including college students and others blocked from...
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