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Lending a Helping Hand
To Kevin White, Clemson University’s first Black deputy athletic director (AD), it’s about serving students. It’s about paying forward the good grace he received throughout his own career. It’s what drives him to keep working, he says.If he can offer advice and guidance to younger folks in his field, he’s here for it.Kevin White“I make myself available to folks. If they want time with me, then I want to make
KENRO KUSUMI
Dr. Kenro KusumiKenro Kusumi has been named university senior vice provost and dean of The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. He serves as a professor of life sciences and dean of natural sciences. Kusumi holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemical sciences Harvard University and a Ph.D. in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Study: Community College Housing Program Produced Better Life Outcomes
Education Northwest, an Oregon-based nonprofit organization promoting education for all, unveiled the results on Tuesday of a first-of-its kind, nine-year study of the partnership between Tacoma Community College (TCC) and the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA), called the College Housing Assistance Program (CHAP). The longitudinal study followed 422 housing insecure students, who were given the opportunity to apply for a housing voucher to lower the cost of a private housing unit.The
Drawing Comparisons Between Current Protests and Those of the Past
U.S. colleges and universities currently face proliferating pro-Palestine student protests on their campuses, resulting in encampments and hundreds of arrests nationwide.Dr. Omar WasowBerkeley Center for Race and Gender during the 1960s.It’s a tactic that’s become more prominent following the 59-day Occupy Wall Street protests against economic inequality and corporate greed in Fall 2011, said Dr. Omar Wasow, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California
TABITHA MILLER
Dr. Tabitha MillerTabitha Miller has been named president of Martin Community College in Williamston, North Carolina. She served as the vice president and chief academic officer at the college. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in education from The Ohio State University as well as a master’s and Ph.D. in English from East Carolina University.
YOHANNIS A. JOB
Yohannis A. JobYohannis A. Job has been named vice president of enrollment management at Benedict College. He served as vice president and dean of enrollment management at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas. Job holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration -marketing from the University of Arkansas, and a juris doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Selective universities won’t be disrupted
Just over a decade ago, Clayton Christensen and I predicted that serious challenges were coming to higher education. The post Selective universities won’t be disrupted appeared first on eCampus News.
At Least a Dozen States Are Considering Free Child Care for Early Educators
A program that began in Kentucky as a novel idea to rebuild the early childhood workforce — and, in effect, buoy the broader labor market — has quickly spread to states across the country. To draw early educators back into classrooms, legislators in the Bluegrass State made a change in fall 2022 that expanded the eligibility requirements of Kentucky’s child care subsidy program to include all staff who work at
New Data Show Persistent Lagging Pay for Educators
The National Education Association has released four new reports that show educator salaries have continued to lag behind inflation over the past decade.The association found that the lag — despite recent efforts to mitigate inflation effects — has limited the ability to attract and retain quality educators amid personnel shortages and low morale, according to its reports exampling educator pay and school funding from pre-K through college.Becky PringleThe reports include
Birmingham-Southern College Campus Up for Purchase: Reports
Alabama A&M University is reportedly planning to make an offer to purchase the shuttering Birmingham-Southern College campus, which would become Alabama A&M University at Birmingham.Keith D. ThompsonShannon Reeves, vice president of governmental affairs and external relations at Alabama A&M, said the Huntsville-based historically Black university is conducting due diligence to prepare to extend an offer for the defunct private, liberal arts college, expected to close May 31.The Birmingham-Southern Board of