NEW ORLEANS – Jefferson Parish Schools has been awarded a $525K grant by the Baptist Community Ministries to allow the Jefferson Ready Start Network to implement a comprehensive and dynamic system of professional development for over 600 early learning professionals…
BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a bill meant to protect schools from lawsuits if a teacher or student contracts COVID-19. Critics said House Bill 59, the last one approved during June’s special session, leaves students and…
NEW ORLEANS – Delgado Community College has been selected as one of the best colleges in Louisiana for online education by the higher education information resource Best Value Schools. The list, including descriptions of schools and online programs, is at…
NEW ORLEANS – From Loyola University New Orleans: Skilling up? Looking for your Plan B? Loyola University New Orleans has been approved by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. to provide a new financial planning education certificate program.…
NEW ORLEANS - Black Education for New Orleans said it was awarded a $168,000 grant by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to improve student outcomes in learning progression and academic success. The grant will support BE NOLA's programming to invest the…
NEW ORLEANS - The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana will host a nine-week workshop series starting July 9 focused on providing technology skills, business training and computer literacy to small business owners and professionals. The chamber is a local…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business announced that the 41st Annual Tulane Business Forum, titled "Waves of Change: Reimagining Business Growth Through a Crisis," will be from 8 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Sept. 17 on…
NEW ORLEANS – From Delgado Community College: Delgado is ready to welcome back students, faculty and staff for the fall semester with some changes necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Academic changes: Delgado intends to begin the fall 2020 semester on…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After years of resisting calls to change, a university in Utah is considering dropping “Dixie” from its name in another example of the nation’s reexamination of the Confederacy and slavery. Dixie State University, located about…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University said it received an anonymous $1 million gift to establish a fund for emerging research in infectious disease. The school said the fund will make an immediate impact in the race for treatments and a…
METAIRIE, La. - The Jefferson Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications for its 2021 "Leadership Jefferson" class. Leadership Jefferson is a nine-month program designed to develop a diverse network of dedicated business and community leaders. Facilitated by a professional…
CHALMETTE, La. - The Nunez Community College Workforce division is offering remote training to construction industry partners. The Louisiana Contractors Accreditation Institute is a partnership between Louisiana Economic Development, Louisiana Community & Technical College System and the Louisiana State Licensing…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University said it has received a $12.5 million gift from the Avalon Fund for the creation of the Tulane University Center for Brain Health. The center will specialize in the treatment of traumatic brain injury and…
NEW ORLEANS - Dr. William Rials, Ph.D., the current associate director of the Tulane University School of Professional Advancement’s Information Technology Programs, has been named a senior fellow for Government Technology’s Center for Digital Government. “I am so excited to…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Students will be wearing face masks and washing their hands many times a day when Louisiana schools reopen for the 2020-21 school year in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Whether there’s band…
NEW ORLEANS – Delgado Community College said that Venture Global LNG Inc. officially kicked off its Will to Skill program in Plaquemines Parish on June 10. The inaugural class, which is administered through Delgado, aims to provide students with the…
METAIRIE - The child care industry was hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic but more and more facilities are reopening to provide a service that will be essential to the revival of the economy in New Orleans and elsewhere.…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana K-12 schools and colleges would receive sweeping protections against civil lawsuits from students and teachers who contract an infectious disease, including COVID-19, under a bill that won overwhelming support Tuesday from the state House. The measure…
NEW YORK (AP) - Student loan borrowers were targets for scams before the coronavirus pandemic hit. The longer people struggle, the more desperate they become, and that’s when scammers and fraudsters thrive. “They’re using the same playbook, but more aggressively,”…
NEW ORLEANS – Xavier University of Louisiana said it is the first historically black college or university in Louisiana to offer a master’s degree option in public health. Of the 500 plus students who graduated during Xavier’s spring 2020 commencement,…
NEW ORLEANS - The University of New Orleans and Loyola University New Orleans will host a joint Fall 2020 Virtual Career & Internship Fair to connect employers with students and alumni from both schools. The two schools have a combined…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana colleges are returning at least $24 million to students because the academic year was interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. LSU is doling out the largest amount in refunds at $4.4 million. The University of Louisiana…
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Board of Supervisors on Friday voted without objection to strip the name of a former school president and segregationist from the main campus library. Troy H. Middleton was a senior Army officer best known for…
NEW ORLEANS –The University of Holy Cross and Louisiana’s Community & Technical Colleges signed an articulation agreement guaranteeing students who complete certain associate degrees at any of the 12 schools in the LCTCS system will receive guaranteed entry to UHC’s…
NEW ORLEANS – Delgado Community College and Cox Communications have partnered to provide business development training to their diverse suppliers located in the Greater New Orleans and Greater Atlanta areas via Delgado’s distance learning platform. This is the second year…
NEW ORLEANS – Café Reconcile will reopen for lunch service beginning Monday, June 22 with limited dining room seating and enhanced health and safety measures to comply with the city the state phase two guidelines for reopening. Reconcile said it…
NEW ORLEANS – At its June meeting, the Orleans Parish School Board passed a resolution approving the engagement of a consultant to strategically evaluate school district policies, practices and procedures and use those findings to develop a racial equity plan…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A library at Louisiana State University named after a former school president who advocated for segregation will be renamed, school administrators and black student leaders said. The decision to change the name of Middleton Library at…
SCHRIEVER, La. – Fletcher Technical Community College announced the launch of two virtual “learning to go” summer camp experiences that will allow participants to interact with industry professionals. “Fletcher Technical Community College is excited to offer the Shell Energy Venture…
NEW ORLEANS – Entergy and JPMorgan Chase & Co. will help present Black Tech NOLA 2020, a free virtual conference scheduled for June 29 through July 1 that will feature three days of talks, virtual meetups and demos led by…
