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Tag: Tennessee
African-American
Enrollment is Down at Tennessee Community Colleges, Especially Among Black Students
According to The Knoxville News Sentinel, The Tennessee Board of Regents announced recently that enrollment at community colleges in Tennessee is down by 11.5% compared to last year, or about 10,000 students. Community colleges across the state saw large declines in the number of Black students enrolled, and more specifically, among Black male students. The […]
September 25, 2020
African-American
Historically Black Meharry Medical College Joins the COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Network
Meharry Medical College has joined the COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Network and will be “enrolling community members” in studies of a handful of vaccine candidates, announced the Nashville, Tennessee-based historically Black institution on Tuesday. “I am excited given the importance of minority communities taking part in COVID-19 vaccine trials,” said Meharry’s president and CEO Dr. James E. K. Hildreth.
June 30, 2020
COVID-19
Sen. Lamar Alexander: “I Would Be Planning on Going Back to School” in the Fall
Senate Republican Lamar Alexander said that if he were president of a university today, he “would be planning on going back to school” in the fall. The Tennessee Senator, who on Sunday said COVID-19 testing levels are not enough for college and university campuses to reopen as normal in August, told Fox News on Wednesday […]
May 14, 2020
COVID-19
Senator Lamar Alexander: Not Enough COVID-19 Testing to Open Campuses
Senate Republican Lamar Alexander said on Sunday that while the country’s COVID-19 testing levels have been “impressive,” they are not enough for college and university campuses to reopen as normal in August. It appears Alexander disagrees with President Donald Trump, who last week said he wants higher education institutions to reopen for fall 2020. Speaking […]
May 11, 2020
COVID-19
U of Wisconsin-Madison Spring Breakers Test Positive for COVID-19
The University of Wisconsin-Madison said that a group of students who went on spring break mid-March to Nashville and Gulf Shores, Alabama have tested positive for COVID-19, reported KIRO7. University of Wisconsin-Madison Police told WKRG News 5 that the students started their spring break in Nashville, Tennessee on March 13, then moved their trip down […]
April 2, 2020
News Roundup
Vanderbilt University Names New Chancellor
Following an eight-month search, Vanderbilt University, one of Nashville’s most prominent institutions, has appointed Dr. Daniel Diermeier as its ninth chancellor. Originally from West Berlin, Germany, Diermeier was a first-generation college student who came to the U.S. to pursue his doctorate in the 1990s. He most recently served as provost at the University of Chicago […]
December 5, 2019
News Roundup
Lumina Foundation Donates $500,000 to Fill Educational Attainment Gaps
The Lumina Foundation granted the state of Virginia $500,000 to increase educational attainment for students of color. This grant, alongside other ones gifted to Colorado, Oregon and Tennessee are part of Lumina’s Talent, Innovation and Equity Partnership (TIE). Lumina expects to award grants to a total of six states. TIE’s goal is to have 60 […]
November 14, 2019
News Roundup
Tennessee Museum Donates Record Collection to University
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – A Tennessee museum has donated more than 3,500 vinyl LPs and 1,200 78-rpm records to East Tennessee State University. The donation was given to the Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program in the university’s Department of Appalachian Studies for preservation and study. The rare, vintage records were donated from […]
March 5, 2018
News Roundup
Immigrant tuition break gaining support in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A push to offer in-state college tuition rates to students whose parents brought them into the country illegally is picking up unlikely momentum from some Republicans in Tennessee, a deeply conservative state that voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump and his tough stance on immigration. If they succeed, Tennessee lawmakers would join the […]
April 4, 2017
Students
Tennessee Finds Remedial Education Reform Success
A new report from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University sheds light on why developmental education may not be working at the community college level and offers some solutions.
February 27, 2017
Community Colleges
Oregon Debates Free Community College Plan
In just the last year or so, Tennessee adopted a plan for free community colleges, as did Chicago and the Community College of Philadelphia. Now the Oregon state legislature is debating whether to institute a similar program.
June 16, 2015
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