Pearl StewartLatest NewsReport: An SAT-Only Admissions Process Would Make Colleges Less DiverseIf America’s top 200 colleges admitted applicants based on their SAT scores alone, more than half of the enrolled students would have to leave, and those remaining, with scores higher than 1250, would be less racially diverse and slightly more affluent. That’s a key finding in a report released this week by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.June 24, 2019StudentsStudy Finds Women Undergrads in STEM Facing “Chilly” Campus ClimateResearch published this month found that as women students remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, they are being subjected to an unwelcoming, “chilly” atmosphere in these male‐dominated fields.June 12, 2019Community CollegesReport Examines What “Free College” Really MeansAs the term “free college” becomes a common refrain among policymakers, educators and political candidates, researchers at a progressive think tank have found that despite “astonishing” growth, many of these programs are falling short of expectations.June 9, 2019Latest NewsRemembering Dr. LaSalle D. LeffallWidely recognized as a towering figure in the field of medicine, a brilliant surgeon and educator who broke color barriers while reaching the pinnacle of his profession, Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall Jr., died on May 25 in Washington, D.C. at age 89.May 29, 2019Latest NewsGeorgetown Study Explores Privilege and Race in Educational OutcomesRecent headlines have revealed that money matters more than brains in getting some privileged teens into top universities, but a new report from researchers at Georgetown University found that socioeconomic disparity has long-term effects, far beyond the college years.May 15, 2019HomeReport Targets Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant MortalityAfrican-American women are dying from preventable pregnancy-related complications at three to four times the rate of non-Hispanic White women, according to a report from the Center for American Progress, which also found that the death rate for Black infants is twice that of infants born to non-Hispanic White mothers.May 5, 2019African-AmericanShe’s Not Just Digging for Digging’s SakeThe “idea of materiality” intrigues Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste as do current issues of race, gender and class. As an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Battle-Baptiste combines these interests, describing herself as “a contemporary archaeologist.”February 14, 2019HomeGrad School Applications from International Students Down for Second YearFor the second consecutive year, international graduate school application rates and first-time graduate enrollment showed a “troubling” decline at U.S. universities, according to a report released Thursday by the Council of Graduate Schools.February 7, 2019STEMDr. Gerald Griffin: A High Note in NeuroscienceDr. Gerald Griffin developed a deep interest in biology as a teenager growing up in Opelika, Alabama, where he also excelled in swimming, Taekwondo and music and toured Europe in college with the United States Collegiate Wind Band.February 4, 2019STEMDr. Loni Philip Tabb: Making Biostatistics RelevantAnyone familiar with inner city neighborhoods has probably noticed the number of alcohol-selling businesses located on block after block. Growing up in Philadelphia, Dr. Loni Philip Tabb was aware of the proliferation of such outlets.February 1, 2019Previous PagePage 7 of 23Next Page
