Jamaal Abdul-AlimHomeCivil Rights Project Mobilizes 444 Scholars Behind Effort To Uphold UT-Austin Admissions PolicyOver the past several months, UCLA-based civil rights policy group developed a legal brief in support of race-conscious affirmative action with the backing of 444 scholars.August 11, 2012African-AmericanNASA Research Partnership Benefiting HBCU StudentsNASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has partnered with Tuskegee University and Alabama A&M University on a three-year collaborative research project, which includes internships for HBCU students at the space flight center.August 9, 2012HomeSurvey Reveals Depth of Religious, Political Diversity among MillennialsToday’s 18-to-29-year olds grapple with ideas of race, politics and religion in new study.August 7, 2012HomeAffirmative Action Argument by University of Texas Draws Praise, Invites CriticismIn a brief filed in the affirmative action case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the University of Texas at Austin defends diversity but denies that race is being used in any way that puts a person from a particular race at a disadvantage.August 7, 2012African-AmericanActivist Attorney Calls for ‘Militant’ Action Against Injustices in Public EducationYoung students are best suited to wage the battle for public education—and against the expansion of charter schools—and large-scale integration of the nation’s public schools should be a paramount goal in the fight.August 5, 2012LatinxSchools Producing Latino STEM Graduates Highlighted in ReportInstitutions that produce the most Latino graduates in the STEM fields were singled out for recognition Thursday in a report hailed as a guide for other colleges and universities that are looking to achieve similar results.August 2, 2012Community CollegesStudy on College Placement Exams Energizes Debate about Their EffectivenessThe ongoing discussion about the effectiveness of college placement exams got a welcome boost this week with a new report that illuminates efforts to rethink how the tests should be used to determine if students need remedial education.August 1, 2012HomeNew Website to Serve as Repository for College Success ResearchIn an effort to provide timely information on college access and success, the Institute for Higher Education Policy launched a new website, which is backed by the Lumina Foundation, Tuesday that serves a repository for some of the latest research in the field.July 31, 2012HomeNACUBO Meeting Speaker: Business Officers Should Rethink College FinancesWashington State University president Elson Floyd urges college business officers to rethink current funding models to meet the new fiscal challenges unfolding at public colleges and universities.July 31, 2012LatinxSenator: DREAM Act’s Passage by Congress Would Complete President’s Action on ‘Undocumented’ YouthU.S. Sen. Richard Durbin said Tuesday that the DREAM Act will become law if advocates follow the example set by the Civil Rights Movement.July 24, 2012Previous PagePage 60 of 81Next Page
