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Colleges Lobby Biden to Halt Federal Probe Into Foreign Donations Education Dept. investigation has already found $6.5 billion in unreported gifts Getty Images Yuichiro Kakutani • January 19, 2021 4:30 pm SHARE Top universities are already lobbying the incoming Biden administration to reverse a Trump-administration policy that required colleges to fully disclose foreign donations and halt investigations into alleged violations. The American Council on Education (ACE), a lobbying group led by former Obama-administration official Ted Mitchell, is asking President-elect Joe Biden to "hal...

Butler Center announces spring events The Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence announces a spring program filled with initiatives for professional growth and advancement, opportunities for building networks and celebration of women’s leadership. The semester will feature the Third Annual Conference for Associate Professors and continue the faculty support initiatives, the Support Circle and the Coaching and Resource Network. The center also will co-organize a set of special events named Courageous Conversations, focusing on how to participate in discussion of social justic...

You can view the letter here, and find all of our Letters to “As we mourn the violence and destruction that unfolded before our eyes yesterday, let us look to the One who put the planets in motion and holds the stars in His hands. He is still the Prince of Peace, and He is still Emmanuel -- God with us,” it said. “Therefore, let us humbly seek Him on our knees together. God can pick up the pieces of our wounded nation and heal us. He can renew our hearts and our love for each other until we are once again one nation under God and indivisible. He is our only true hope.”

Ed Secretary quits, HE leaders decry attack on US Capitol The United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has resigned and US higher education leaders have reacted with horror and condemnation to the mob riot on Wednesday 6 January which breached the US Capitol, where Congressmen were meeting to certify the presidential election results, forcing them to run to shelter in fear of their lives. Five people, including one law enforcement officer, died during or as a result of the invasion, as supporters of President Donald Trump disrupted the ceremony for certification of the election result...

Daily COVID-19 vaccine clinic could open in Lubbock soon, Mayor says during city news conference COVID VACCINE (Source: COVID VACCINE) By Camelia Juarez | January 6, 2021 at 7:22 PM CST - Updated January 6 at 7:22 PM LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - City officials said during a city news conference that they are planning a daily COVID-19 clinic, but the city doesn’t know when the state will allot more vaccines or how many doses will be available. In addition, the vaccine could be available to the general public as early as late next month, but for now city officials said they will prioritize ...