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Howard Earns $90 Million DoD Contract, a First for an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

government took a major step towards remedying these disparities by awarding a five-year $90 million contract to create a university affiliated research center (UARC) to Howard University, one of the largest HBCUs in America. The Howard contract is the result of a conscious effort by the Department of Defense to address these disparities.

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CSU Hires New President, But Questions Linger About the Treatment of Former President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alex Johnson, President Emeritus of Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), who has been serving as interim president since July 2023, after Dr. Jack Thomas announced that he would not seek a renewal of his contract. Progress completely stopped, and chaos reigned,” he said. That’s why I left.

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How this year cast doubt on 2 higher ed myths

University Business

Myth 2: States aren’t investing in higher ed Three 2024 reports reveal how federal and state higher ed funding increased in recent years: State Higher Education Finance (“ Trends in State, Local, Student, and Grant Shares of Education Revenues “) : Public higher education appropriations rose nearly 4% beyond inflation in 2023.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Post-pandemic, we have more individual students coming to us than actual school contracts.” Impact “As of 2020, students who live on campus, their [three-year] graduation rate is 4% higher than the students who do not live on campus,” says Andrew Morong, dean of enrollment management at CMCC. EHS President and CEO Jeffrey H.

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President moves: Announcing a surge of hires, including this state flagship

University Business

Wetstein attracted $14 million in federal grants and grew Cabrillo’s endowment by almost $30 million, Press Banner reports. The news comes as a shock to some campus community members since the five-year president had signed a contract extension through 2028, 3 News reports.

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These access and affordability programs geared toward high schoolers reap great results

University Business

Buoyed by a $20 million investment from the state, MCCS targeted high school graduates from 2020 to 2023 who might have been affected by the pandemic. The program is set to offer graduating seniors interested in pursuing jobs in high-demand industries 80% coverage of their tuition or up to $8,000 in grants.

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Fraud in academia: How can universities avoid costly litigation?

University Business

Any program, contract or grant involving government dollars can fall under the FCA. Though healthcare fraud is the largest type of FCA fraud, this article focuses on non-healthcare fraud in higher education: research and grant fraud, unlawful recruiting, failure to disclose ties to foreign governments, and cybersecurity failure fraud.