As we begin a New Year, I am deeply grateful for the incredible work of staff and faculty with our students across our Consortium member institutions to start the new semester safely. Colleges and universities across our region have gone to extraordinary lengths to keep our campuses and communities healthy despite the variants. Vaccination rates … Continued
Beginning January 3, 2022, Leroy ”Lee” James will become the new Director of Public Safety Programs for the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area. Lee had an illustrious career including service to three Consortium member institutions, most recently as the Interim Chief for Prince George’s Community College and previously as Executive Director for … Continued
More than 400,000 students call the Washington Metropolitan Area home for college. They take pride in going to school in the nation’s greatest college town, and our members work hard each and every day to make sure every student has the tools that he/she needs to be successful. Today is Giving Tuesday, a day of … Continued
I was deeply saddened to learn about the act of blatant anti-Semitism that hit one of our member campuses, George Washington University, over the weekend. It is dismaying that anti-Semitism and other acts of overt bias and racism continue to rise. A third of Jewish college students say they have personally experienced antisemitism in the last … Continued
We are asked every day about plans for the fall semester, and our responses are consistently positive. We know there are real concerns about what will happen when we bring thousands of students back to our area, but our optimism is well-founded on experience and the tremendous evidence-based efforts underway to safely welcome students back … Continued
The following statements were issued or posted on social media by presidents and administrators of several Washington-area institutions of higher education: My heart goes out to those who lost loved ones in the tragic shootings in Georgia & to all members of the AAPI community. While these terrible events are under investigation, the rise in … Continued
New mobile laboratory at Gallaudet University processes tests reliably, quickly; Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners voted Feb. 23 to join effort.
The following statements were issued or posted on social media by the presidents of several Washington-area institutions of higher education
When I first met with the search committee, higher education already faced a looming demographic transformation amidst a continuing history of disparities of equity and access
WASHINGTON – Today, the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area announces Andrew Flagel, Ph.D. as its new president and CEO. Flagel will begin his appointment on July 13, 2020. The Consortium is a nonprofit educational association of 17 member colleges and universities advancing innovation and collaboration across the National Capital area. Consortium members … Continued