Lois ElfmanStudentsCommunity College Stakeholders Implement Supports to Guide Students to GraduationCommunity colleges provide opportunities for low-income, first-generation, minority and rural students to gain valuable jobs skills or begin a journey in post-secondary education. Despite well-intentioned administration and faculty, completion rates have remained under 50%, but innovative practices are making an impact.April 13, 2020Latest NewsMeet Dr. Walter R. Allen, A Dr. John Hope Franklin Award RecipientWhen Dr. Walter R. Allen takes on a research project, there must always be a larger purpose — something he discusses with graduate students and young academics. According to Allen, African American scholars cannot live in an ivory tower. All research — including his more than 150 publications — must, in some way, illuminate the challenges that communities of color face.April 6, 2020SportsDivision I Women Basketball Players Beat Men Again in Academic ProgressNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I African American women basketball players academically outperformed their male African American counterparts and had a smaller gap with their White teammates in 2020, says the annual report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES). With no NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division I Basketball Tournaments held this spring, TIDES based […]April 2, 2020SportsNCAA Name, Image, Likeness Debate Heats Ups the college athletics regulator, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), deliberates over establishing guidelines on how much a student athlete should be allowed to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL), more than a dozen states are planning to introduce their own laws that will govern the extent to which these players can benefit from their brand identities.March 30, 2020Latest NewsReport Outlines the Need for Clear, Accessible Information About Financial AidMany of today’s students are frustrated and even dissuaded by the hoops they have to jump through to secure financial aid, but accessible and transparent information can change that. “There are so many financing potholes in the financial aid process. It’s a wonder anybody gets through it unscathed,” said Dr. Carlo Salerno, author of a […]March 30, 2020Latest NewsWhy California’s First Online Community College Faces a State AuditLess than two years since its inception, Calbright College is facing a state audit as people wonder where the money has gone. Calbright, an online public college described as an alternative to traditional community colleges, promised to teach people more quickly and less expensively. On its website, it notes, “Calbright College was established with equity […]March 18, 2020Latest NewsSoon, an Ad Campaign Will Highlight Alternatives to a Bachelor’s DegreeThe private, non-profit Ad Council will soon launch a national campaign that will tout alternatives to a traditional bachelor’s degree. The Ad Council declined to give details on the upcoming campaign or provide images, but stated in an email that the campaign “will shine a light on how young and working adults can develop the […]March 9, 2020African-AmericanScholar Illustrates How to Include Women of Color in Teaching the History of the Suffrage MovementAs we approach the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, African American studies specialist Dr. Marilyn Sanders Mobley says it’s time academia recognized the contribution of women of color in the Suffrage Movement. This week, Mobley returned to her undergraduate alma mater, Barnard College, to present the lecture, “The Difference Intersectionality Makes: Teaching the Suffrage […]March 5, 2020Latest NewsNSSE Report: Student Engagement Has Increased over TimeMarking its 20th year, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) shows positive trends, notably that the percentage of first-year students engaging with professors about topics other than coursework has increased as much as 10% from 2004 to 2019.March 1, 2020Latest NewsStudy: Gender Inequality Persists in Science Careers and PublishingIn any given year, the amount of published scientific research from women and men is about the same, but when examined over time, gender inequality persists. Four scientists, Dr. Albert-László Barabási, Dr. Alexander J. Gates, Dr. Roberta Sinatra and Dr. Junming Huang, have taken a new approach to examining gender differences in scientific disciplines in […]February 24, 2020Previous PagePage 11 of 41Next Page
