Jamaal Abdul-AlimHomeProfessors Examine Affirmative Action And Racial Stereotypes in Higher EducationAccording to research done by two law professors at the University of California, Berkley, ending affirmative action in schools will not eliminate racial stereotypes.November 2, 2014HomeFree College Advising to Be Offered to Students from Poor and Middle Class FamiliesProject collaborators say they hope the initiative will provide the students with the kind of personalized counseling that students from more affluent families tend to get from private counselors or their school-based guidance counselors.October 28, 2014HomeReport Encourages Incentivizing States to Share in Costs of Higher EducationU.S. Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell said the report speaks to the need to tackle what he characterized as “systematic disinvestment by states throughout the Great Recession in higher education.”October 27, 2014StudentsBenefits of Redefining Full-time Enrollment to 15 Credits a Semester ExaminedOne recent survey found that more than two-thirds of college students did not have a schedule that would enable them to graduate on time even if they never switched majors, failed a course or took an unnecessary course.October 14, 2014Faculty & StaffPanel: ‘Guru Mentor Model’ Not Practical for Promoting Diversity Within STEM ProfessoriateIn order to increase and maintain gender and ethnic diversity within the STEM professoriate, the “guru mentor model” should be scrapped and replaced with a more thoughtful approach to the specific needs that new STEM faculty members have as they seek to launch their careers.October 8, 2014HomeSAT Results Lead Officials to Call for Boost in Preparation of Underrepresented Minority StudentsCognizant of the fact that this year’s SAT results reveal the same troubling trends as in years prior, College Board officials called for a greater emphasis on boosting preparedness for the growing amount of minority students who take the college entrance exam.October 7, 2014Faculty & StaffDarker-Skinned African-American Students Suspended More FrequentlyA new study—titled “The Relationship Between Skin Tone and School Suspension for African Americans”—found that darker-skinned African-American students were more likely to be suspended than those with lighter skin tones.October 6, 2014African-AmericanProponents Push for Creative Methods to Cultivate Interest in STEMEven though mastery of math and science is a critical part of the effort to achieve more proportionate Black representation in STEM fields, a bigger part of the equation is to spark student interest in STEM careers.September 28, 2014StudentsExperts: HBCUs Need to Start Prepping Potential College StudentsHBCUs and Predominantly Black Institutions should drill deeper into the K-12 systems in order to better prepare students for the demands of a college education.September 25, 2014StudentsFederal Student Loan Default Rate Drops But Critics Question DataThe rate at which students default on federal student loans after three years dropped to 13.7 percent for students who began repaying their loans in fiscal 2011 — a full percentage point lower than the previous year’s cohort.September 24, 2014Previous PagePage 44 of 81Next Page
