Ronald RoachHomeFindings of National College Completion Project UnveiledCollege administrators and state higher education officials convened in Washington to learn about the results of a three-year national college completion project.July 30, 2013StudentsReport: Steady College Enrollment Growth for Underrepresented Minorities, College Completion Rates Increasing More SlowlyThe rate at which Black and Latino students entered four-year colleges outpaced that of Whites, while six-year graduation rates for underrepresented minorities increased only slightly, a new report says.July 24, 2013StudentsHarvard’s Nasir Jones Fellowship Shows Hip-Hop’s Impact, Scholars SayScholars are praising Harvard University and Hip-Hop Archive executive director Marcyliena Morgan for the launch of Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship.July 21, 2013Faculty & StaffHBCUs Urged to Develop Strategic Plans for International Education ProgramsIn the push to help create high-impact international education programs, the American Council on Education has organized an institute on ‘internationalizing’ historically Black institutions.July 18, 2013HBCUsHampton University to Lead Minority Male Health InitiativeThe National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities is awarding Hampton a five-year, $13.5 million grant to lead an HBCU consortium to reduce health disparities in minority men.July 17, 2013African-AmericanStudy Calls Attention to NYC Effort on Black and Latino Male College ReadinessWhile African-American and Latino males in New York City showed improvement in high school graduation rates during the last decade, they demonstrated strikingly low levels of college readiness, a new study says.July 16, 2013HomeYale Enhances Admissions Outreach to Low-Income StudentsThe Ivy League university is taking research-based practices and employing them directly to low-income high school seniors whom university officials would like to have applying for fall 2014 admission.July 11, 2013Community CollegesReport: ‘Quality, Coherence, and Transparency’ Critical to U.S. Skills AttainmentThe New America Foundation convened education officials, labor market experts and others to assess findings by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on how Americans can better attain marketable skills.July 10, 2013African-AmericanNew Interim Executive Director Appointed for White House HBCU OfficeFollowing the departure of Dr. John Wilson, the U.S. Education Department has named yet another interim executive director to run the White House Initiative on HBCUs.July 8, 2013StudentsStudy: Black-White Achievement Gap Has ‘Political Foundations’A new study finds that state policymaker attention to teacher quality is highly responsive to low high school graduation rates among White students, but not for African-American students.July 3, 2013Previous PagePage 15 of 55Next Page
