Natalie Coles will never forget receiving an unexpected phone call in 2020. On the line was Virginia-based Dominion Energy, offering to give money to Wilberforce University, the small historically Black college where she is in charge of fundraising.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As California grapples with how to deal with heat waves made more intense by climate change, schools in the state may soon have to come up with plans for cooling down outside play areas by planting more trees and replacing surfaces like asphalt that swelter on hot days.
Stony Brook University gets $500 million from hedge fund founder who taught math there
June 1, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Stony Brook University, a part of the public State University of New York system, will receive $500 million from a philanthropic foundation started by a hedge fund billionaire who once taught math there, the foundation announced Thursday.
Arizona State University to create a medical school in response to doctors, nurses shortage
June 1, 2023 GMTTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State University will establish its own medical school amid an ongoing shortage of health care workers across the state.
University President Michael Crow and the Arizona Board of Regents announced the plans for school, to be called ASU Health, at a meeting Thursday morning in Tempe.
Regents confirm Georgia Tech administrator as new University of North Georgia president
June 1, 2023 GMTDAHLONEGA, Ga. (AP) — A high-ranking Georgia Tech administrator will become the next president of the University of North Georgia beginning July 1.
The Board of Regents voted Thursday to name Mike Shannon as president of the 18,000-student university, which is based in Dahlonega and has campuses in Gainesville, Cumming, Blue Ridge and Watkinsville.
As Supreme Court considers affirmative action, colleges see few other ways to diversity goals
May 31, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — As an alternative to affirmative action, colleges from California to Florida have tried a range of strategies to achieve the diversity they say is essential to their campuses. Many have given greater preference to low-income families.
Most in US say don’t ban race in college admissions but its role should be small: AP-NORC poll
May 30, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — As the Supreme Court decides the fate of affirmative action, most U.S.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Republican Gov. Kristi Noem opened a hotline for complaints about South Dakota colleges and is calling on the state's higher education governing board to ban drag shows, she announced Friday.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Legislature on Thursday overrode Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a bill that would allow students to wear Native American regalia during high school and college graduations.
Texas lawmakers approve allowing public schools to hire chaplains to counsel students
May 25, 2023 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas would allow public schools to use campus safety money to hire chaplains to counsel students under a bill approved this week by state lawmakers and sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers surprise commencement speech to Johns Hopkins
May 25, 2023 GMTBALTIMORE (AP) — During a surprise commencement address to graduates of Johns Hopkins University on Thursday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told them to take advantage of the time and resources they have to pursue their passions and uphold the democratic values at stake in his country’s war against Russia.
George Washington University adopts new name ‘Revolutionaries’ to replace ‘Colonials’
May 24, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — George Washington University’s sports teams will now be known as the Revolutionaries, the school announced Wednesday.
Revolutionaries replaces Colonials, which had been GW's name since 1926.
DALLAS (AP) — Daisy Donjuan’s family never saw the value in college. After graduating from high school, she did what was expected of her — dropped education, worked and pitched in at home.
When she enrolled in Dallas College after a five-year break in school, she had to navigate a dizzying array of options and decisions as she sought a career outside of retail management.
Using ‘he/him,’ ‘she/her’ in emails got 2 dorm directors fired at small New York Christian college
May 21, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at a small Christian university in western New York, acknowledge their names are unconventional, which explains why they attached gender identities to their work email signatures.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of New College of Florida students, family members and friends gathered at an off-campus art gallery Thursday evening for an “alternative commencement” in defiance of state officials working to change the character of the traditionally progressive school.
WASHINGTON (AP) — College programs that leave graduates underpaid or buried in loans would be cut off from federal money under a proposal issued Wednesday by the Biden administration, but the rules would apply only to for-profit colleges and a tiny fraction of programs at traditional universities.
Kellogg Foundation backing college scholarships for graduates in a Michigan community
May 17, 2023 GMTBATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Students who graduate from Battle Creek public schools will receive scholarships to attend a Michigan college or a historically Black college or university outside the state, officials announced Wednesday.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a cliché that Kymyona Burk heard a little too often: “Thank God for Mississippi.”
As the state’s literacy director, she knew politicians in other states would say it when their reading test scores were down — because at least they weren’t ranked as low as Mississippi.
Tuition, fees at Georgia public universities to hold steady in fall 2023 despite budget worries
May 16, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — The cost of attending Georgia's public universities and colleges will remain mostly flat in the 2023-2024 academic year, despite concerns that declining enrollment and a legislative funding cut are stressing school budgets.
Native Americans demand accountability for ancestral remains identified at Dartmouth College
May 15, 2023 GMTBOSTON (AP) — As a citizen of the Quapaw Nation, Ahnili Johnson-Jennings has always seen Dartmouth College as the university for Native American students.
Her father graduated from the school, founded in 1769 to educate Native Americans, and she had come to rely on its network of students, professors and administrators.
Historically Black medical schools urge more spending in hearing with Bernie Sanders
May 12, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — To train more Black doctors, the federal government needs to bolster funding and make more training slots available for historically Black medical schools, leaders of those universities told U.S.
Rutgers’ unions ratify new contracts, formally ending strike
May 9, 2023 GMTNEW BEUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Three faculty unions that went on strike last month at New Jersey’s flagship university have overwhelmingly approved four-year contracts, formally ending the first such job action in the school’s 257-year history.
Hoops Hall of Famer Ray Allen receives degree from UConn
May 8, 2023 GMTSTORRS, Conn. (AP) — Twenty-seven years after hitting his last jump shot in the building, Ray Allen walked back into Gampel Pavilion on Sunday wearing a cap and gown.
The 47-year-old basketball Hall of Famer sat in the stands with other graduating students, under a banner commemorating the retirement of his UConn jersey, then took his place in the procession t o receive his bachelor's degree in general studies.
Kemp signs Georgia budget with raises, scholarship boosts
May 6, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Raises are coming for state and university employees and public school teachers and Georgia will pay full college tuition for all HOPE Scholarship recipients under the budget signed Friday by Gov.
It’s Cornell for New Orleans student with $10M in offers
May 5, 2023 GMTNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 16-year-old high school senior in New Orleans who received scholarship offers from 149 colleges and universities totaling $10 million said Friday that he has chosen to attend Cornell University.
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Howard U. picks African diaspora scholar as next president
May 2, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Howard University is turning to an experienced scholar of the African diaspora to serve as its new university president.
Ben Vinson III, currently the provost at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, will officially take over as president from the retiring Wayne Frederick on Sept.
The average historically Black college and university received 178 times less funding from foundations than the average Ivy League school in 2019, according to a new report on the underfunding of HBCUs released Tuesday.
‘Waste of time’: Community college transfers derail students
May 2, 2023 GMTFirst came the good news. After taking classes at a community college, Ricki Korba was admitted to California State University, Bakersfield, as a transfer student. But when she logged on to her student account, she got a gut punch: Most of her previous classes wouldn’t count.
Savannah State leader resigning amid declining enrollment
May 1, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — The president of Georgia's oldest historically Black public university is resigning amid employee layoffs sparked by declining enrollment and a faculty revolt against a top administrator.
Alibaba’s Jack Ma turns up in Japan as college professor
May 1, 2023 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Jack Ma, a cofounder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, will be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a research institute run by the prestigious University of Tokyo, the university said Monday.
New Orleans student’s scholarship offers surpass $9 million
April 27, 2023 GMTNEW ORLEANS (AP) — He is a senior at 16. His grade point average is 4.98. Even before graduating from high school, he has earned 27 college credits and, perhaps the most impressive numbers of all, he has scholarship offers from around 130 colleges and universities that, as of Thursday, totaled more than $9 million.
Texas bill proposes up to $25K for armed school ‘sentinels’
April 25, 2023 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas schools could offer stipends of up to $25,000 to staff members who add the role of armed campus “sentinels” to their regular duties under a proposal advanced Tuesday by state lawmakers in response to the Uvalde classroom attack last year.
In reversal, Vermont State U to keep physical libraries
April 25, 2023 GMTMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The new Vermont State University will not be laying off the library staff across the university’s three schools located on four campuses across the state as was announced earlier this year.
West Virginia University OKs test-optional admissions policy
April 24, 2023 GMTMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University announced Monday it will no longer require applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores.
The public university’s Board of Governors approved the test-optional admissions policy, which had been adopted in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and had been extended three times since then.
University president cancels cello performance amid strike
April 21, 2023 GMTANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan's new president, who also plays the cello, has scratched a highly publicized appearance with a local orchestra, the result of rising tension between the school and striking graduate student instructors.
Alcorn State University president departs, interim named
April 21, 2023 GMTJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Alcorn State University's first female president is no longer on the job.
Felecia Nave has been replaced by interim president Ontario S. Wooden, according to the board that governs Mississippi's eight public universities.
Georgia won’t demand tests to enter 23 of 26 public colleges
April 20, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Students applying to 23 of Georgia's 26 public universities and colleges next year won't need to take the SAT or ACT college tests to apply.
Regents voted Wednesday to let students apply without the tests through the 2024-2025 school year, after University System of Georgia officials told them that renewed testing requirements would likely drive students to other colleges.
Taraji P. Henson partners with HBCUs on mental wellness
April 17, 2023 GMTMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama State University is partnering on a new project to make free mental health resources more widely available to students at historically Black colleges and universities.
Vermont State University chief steps down before launch
April 14, 2023 GMTThe president of what will be a new state university in Vermont who drew fierce opposition when he proposed all-digital libraries is stepping down less than three months before its official launch, the Vermont State College System announced on Friday.
NCAA lifts restrictions on athletes’ official visits
April 13, 2023 GMTProspects no longer will have limits on the number of schools they can officially visit during their college selection process.
The NCAA announced Thursday that its Division I Council approved the policy change that will take effect on July 1.
UNC students protest decision to ban ‘Cop City’ activist
April 13, 2023 GMTStudents at North Carolina's flagship public university walked out of class Thursday to protest school officials' decision to ban a law school student from campus after she was charged with domestic terrorism last month following a violent protest over a planned Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that activists derisively call “Cop City.”
1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting near Northwestern University
April 13, 2023 GMTEVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — An 18-year-old man was killed and two teenage boys were wounded in an overnight shooting on a Lake Michigan beach near Northwestern University's campus, authorities said.
Temple University names ex-dean, provost as acting president
April 11, 2023 GMTPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Temple University law school dean and provost JoAnne Epps has been named acting president of the university. She vowed to focus on safety and enrollment amid spiraling crime near the north Philadelphia campus and other issues during her predecessor's tumultuous tenure of less than two years.
Stritch University in Wisconsin is closing after 86 years
April 11, 2023 GMTFOX POINT, Wis. (AP) — Cardinal Stritch University, a Catholic liberal arts college, is closing, a year after celebrating its 85th anniversary.
“I wish there was a different path we could pursue," President Dan Scholz said in a video Monday.
Judge won’t halt strike by graduate students at U-Michigan
April 11, 2023 GMTANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Monday declined to stop a strike by more than 2,000 graduate students who teach at the University of Michigan, just eight days before the term ends.
Washtenaw County Judge Carol Kuhnke acknowledged that undergraduate students have been affected by the strike, but she said she doesn't see evidence of "irreparable harm."
Rutgers faculty go on strike, picket outside classes
April 10, 2023 GMTNEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Thousands of professors, part-time lecturers and graduate student workers at New Jersey's flagship university went on strike Monday — the first such job action in the school's 257-year history.
NJ order prioritizes skills over degrees for some state jobs
April 10, 2023 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Phil Murphy has signed an executive order aimed at prioritizing skills and work experience over college degrees for some state jobs in New Jersey.
The order signed Monday directs the state's civil service commission to identify jobs that require college degrees and determine which should have hiring guidelines revised to emphasize practical skills and experience over academic attainment.
Academic coaches help students finish community college
April 10, 2023 GMTPHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — A decade after dropping out, Briana Mathis, a 30-year-old mother of two, is navigating her first year back at Wallace Community College.
She was recruited back to the school in Dothan, Alabama, by the staff at a new student support center.
President of small university in Michigan’s UP resigns
April 4, 2023 GMTSAULT STE, MARIE, Mich. (AP) — The president of a small university in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has resigned, setting the stage for a national search for his successor.
Lake Superior State University's Board of Trustees announced Monday that it has accepted the resignation of Dr.
Community colleges are reeling. ‘The reckoning is here.’
April 4, 2023 GMTWhen Santos Enrique Camara arrived at Shoreline Community College in Washington state to study audio engineering, he quickly felt lost.
Minnesota college head to retire after Islamic art dispute
April 3, 2023 GMTThe president of a private university in Minnesota that was criticized for firing a professor who showed a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in an art history class announced Monday that she is retiring next year.
U of Vermont settles Ed Department antisemitism complaint
April 3, 2023 GMTThe University of Vermont and the U.S. Department of Education announced Monday a settlement of a complaint the school failed to respond adequately to antisemitic harassment of Jewish students at the Burlington school.
Final Four: At Florida Atlantic, it’s not ‘F-A-Who?’ anymore
March 31, 2023 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — Nobody will ever mistake Tobacco Road for 777 Glades Road, which is the address of one of history’s most unexpected Final Four party crashers.
But there, across the street from a strip mall anchored by a Whole Foods in the upscale retirement town of Boca Raton, Florida, sits one of the fastest-growing, most-diverse college campuses that very few basketball fans had heard of until this month.
Police: Student shot self in hand, sparking campus lockdown
March 30, 2023 GMTWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A high school student visiting a North Carolina community college shot himself in the hand, sparking an hourslong lockdown on campus on Thursday, police said.
Winston-Salem police were called to Forsyth Tech Community College around 10:10 a.m.
College ends partnership with school over the David issue
March 30, 2023 GMTHILLSDALE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan college has ended its partnership with a Florida charter school whose principal was forced to resign after a parent complained sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo’s David sculpture.