Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2024

There are at least three new presidential vacancies at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which have already been experiencing high turnover within their leadership ranks. In the case of two of the presidential departures — Dillard University and Florida Memorial University — the presidents resigned amid health challenges. Their departures raise new questions about the stress associated with being a college president, particularly at a smaller and under-resourced institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2024

At the end of 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which was designed to give low-income households a discount each month on their internet bill, even offering a one-time coupon of up to $100 to buy a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet. Pell Grant recipients or those who qualified for free school breakfast or lunch were eligible for the ACP.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2024

Dr. Alma Littles has been appointed dean of the College of Medicine at Florida State University. “When I first saw the College of Medicine mission statement, it resonated with me,” Littles said. “The college’s priorities and my goals as a physician mirror each other,” said Littles, who replaces Dr. John P. Fogarty, who retired in 2023. Dr. Alma Littles “Growing up in a rural and underserved community stimulated my interest in investing my talents toward helping people whose health care needs are

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2024

Mike Pierce Two-hundred and twenty-seven advocacy, labor, and civil rights groups have signed onto a letter urging the Biden-Harris Administration to provide student loan debt relief. The letter — asking the U.S. Department of Education to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) toward providing relief to borrowers experiencing hardship — is a response to recent federal court injunctions blocking portions of the administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education Repayment Plan, known as SAVE

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2024

Dr. Karen A. Thole Karen A. Thole has been appointed the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. She serves as director of the START (Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine) Lab at The Pennsylvania State University and as director of the Engineering Ambassadors Network. Thole holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as well as a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Tex

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