Eduardo M. Peñalver, now president of Seattle University and former dean of Cornell Law School, has been selected as the 49th president of Georgetown University.
Cultural competency may be the pinnacle objective of selective liberal arts colleges. But at institutions where students' family income is under $70,000, it's a luxury.
About 30% of the schools qualify as minority-serving institutions and nearly half are rural-serving while the counties that RPUs serve have higher needs—such as low education, low employment, and persistent poverty—compared to counties served by other institutions.
In February, the state released a checklist system guiding universities on how to better address hunger and mental health issues on their campuses. The universities who earned the designation either already had or implemented several programs on their campuses to better meet students' needs.
It's a sign employers are getting serious about COVID-19 inoculation. "This is a conversation that HR leaders need to be having with their people now."
For generations, the American public has been told by venerable think tanks like Brookings, Pew and other educational research foundations and professional associations that American students lag significantly behind their global counterparts when it comes to math and science aptitude. This research suggests that over the past 20 years, the US has only marginally improved […]
Train both students and faculty The University of North Carolina at Pembroke uses WebEx to allow students—even those in very remote areas with no broadband internet access—to provide access to lectures online. The IT team initially offered training and on-demand assistance for students only, but its popularity inspired a new category of training focused on […]
