Tag: Benefits

Morgan State Offers Full-Time Status, Benefits and Higher Pay to Contractual Employees

In an effort to address employee inequity, Morgan State University will no longer hire contractual employees to meet its workforce needs, announced Dr. David K. Wilson, president of Morgan State. Instead, the historically Black university will offer benefits and full-time status to eligible existing contractual employees. What’s more, the university will also raise its hourly […]

August 4, 2021

Advocates Push for COVID-19 Benefits for Working College Students

Duquesne University graduate student Terrell Nelson works part-time as a leasing agent at an apartment complex, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his hours have been reduced by more than two-thirds causing his income to plummet. What’s more, under the latest pandemic-related legislation passed by Congress, Nelson and numerous other working college students have been […]

May 7, 2020

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Former Diversity Head Receives $145,000 in Payment from UI

Dr. TaJuan Wilson, the former head of diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Iowa (UI), has been paid almost $145,000 in salary, moving expenses, technology and “fringe benefits” costs while he looks for another job and works off campus for a “special assignment,” The Gazette reported. The university has not disclosed the location of […]

November 18, 2019

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Higher Education Has Changed. The Law Must Change with It

The Higher Education Act (HEA), the law that helps students finance their postsecondary education, has not been reauthorized since 2008. A lot has changed in the last 11 years, including higher education, and the law that was passed in 2008 is no longer responsive to the challenges facing today’s students.

November 12, 2019

PSU Receives Grant to Help Low-Income Students

Portland State University (PSU) received a $277,000 grant from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Training and Education Program to provide housing, food and financial assistance for low-income students. Through this grant, PSU will offer a full-time case manager to work with students on finding resources and an administrative assistant to help with enrollment and […]

October 15, 2019

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