Black IssuesStudentsWhen Academia Meets ActivismWhen Academia Meets ActivismHarvard’s Color Lines conference draws nearly 1,000 participants to share new insights, data on the nation’s agenda on raceBy Ronald RoachCAMBRIDGE, Mass.Labor Day weekend is not the time of year one would expect hundreds of professors, graduate students and other education professionals to be encamped under a white tent at the Harvard […]September 24, 2003HomeFirst in Her FamilyFirst in Her FamilyA Stanford University freshman, Hada Flores always knew she would go to college. She just didn’t know the road would be so steep. The daughter of poor Salvadoran immigrants, Flores attended a Houston charter school that kept its low-income, mostly Hispanic student body in class 65 percent longer than other public schools […]September 24, 2003African-American‘ Whatever ItTakes’‘ Whatever ItTakes’A Community BuilderEthnic roots of Blacks and Hispanics hail from different parts of the world, but when it comes to higher education, the disadvantages facing both groups often transcend skin color. Yet a growing number of educators believe that intense outreach in urban communities can help students of color who are culturally and […]September 24, 2003StudentsDiversity: Here Today, More TomorrowDiversity: Here Today, More TomorrowROCKVILLE, Md.Haniee Chung, a 22-year-old spring honors graduate of Montgomery College, has an outlook on diversity that might sound strange to her elders.“We’re used to it,” she says. “Really, a lot of people my age don’t think about the question of diversity much at all.”Since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings […]September 24, 2003Faculty & StaffDiverse CityDiverse CityCommunity colleges are the most diverse institutions in academia, and getting more so by the dayBy Garry BoulardOf all the many numbers that illustrate community colleges’ rich diversity, the most telling are these: In 2000, the latest year for which comparable U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Census statistics are available, 12 percent of […]September 24, 2003Leadership & PolicyTruth and ConsequencesTruth and ConsequencesIn the Michigan aftermath, the real fight begins as local institutions work to apply the Supreme Court ruling to meet their campuses’ individual needs and/or restrictionsBy Kendra HamiltonMonths prior to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, anti-affirmative action forces had begun contesting scholarship programs, “transitional” programs, and […]September 24, 2003HomeMath, Reading Gaps Between White, Minority Kindergartners WidensMath, Reading Gaps Between White, Minority Kindergartners WidensATLANTABlack and Hispanic children enter kindergarten with lower average levels of math and reading skills than White children, largely because of socioeconomic differences between White and minority families, according to a Penn State researcher. In addition, the gaps between Black and White students grow substantially in kindergarten and […]September 24, 2003InternationalStudents Less Concerned About Safety WhenStudents Less Concerned About Safety When Choosing Study Abroad ProgramsCHESTER, Pa.Two years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks threatened Americans’ sense of security abroad and at home, student concerns about study abroad and safety have decreased. According to a recent survey, students stating that safety is very important when considering a study abroad program have […]September 24, 2003HomeTexas A&M Opens New Campus in QatarTexas A&M Opens New Campus in Qatar COLLEGE STATION, TexasTexas A&M University opened its new branch campus in Qatar earlier this month and began offering classes on a highly selective basis for Middle East students who want to earn degrees in one of four areas of engineering.Classes began with 29 students, noted Qatar interim dean […]September 24, 2003HomeYale Study Compares Breast CancerYale Study Compares Breast Cancer Survival RatesNEW HAVEN, Conn.African American patients with breast cancer who are treated with conservative surgery and radiation therapy have similar survival rates to that of White patients, despite the earlier age of onset and larger tumor size, according to a Yale study. The study was prompted by the fact that […]September 24, 2003Previous PagePage 126 of 431Next Page