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Leadership & Policy

Washburn University Pushing to Attract Students From India

Students from India are the latest target in Washburn University President Jerry Farley’s efforts to attract more international students to the school’s campus in Topeka.

Faculty & Staff

Traditional Racial Labels No Longer Define New Generation of College Students

When it comes to serving diverse students, colleges realize one size does not fit all, even within the same racial group.

Chavez, Dimanche & Onafowokan

African-American

Immigrant Students Revive U.S. Pentecostal Church

Just 15 years ago, membership fell to just three dozen. But now a Cambridge, Mass. Pentecostal church claims more than 350 members thanks to aggressive recruitment of immigrants and international students.

Advocate Hopes to Use International Experience to Build HBCU Capacity

Longtime HBCU teacher and education advocate Boyce Williams talks about her new role at NAFEO.

Educators Seek Out More Minorities to Study Abroad

Educators want more minority students to study abroad because the experience is seen as crucial to student development, yet minority participation badly lags their overall presence on college campuses.

U.S. Universities Bringing Students Home from Egypt

American universities are citing safety as the reason for pulling students from study-abroad programs.

Day of Anger march

Federal Postsecondary Education Leader Urges Unity on College Completion Message

The many constituencies comprising U.S. higher education should come together to “speak with one voice” to the rest of this country, says Dr. Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary for postsecondary education.

Lezli Baskerville

African-American

HBCUs Tapped for New International Program

With an eye toward the global economy, seven historically Black colleges and universities will participate in a new national initiative to help HBCUs expand their international programs and partnerships while enhancing global learning activities on their own campuses.

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During Howard University Visit, Michelle Obama Urges Students To Study Abroad

With Chinese leader Hu Jintao visiting Washington this week, First Lady Michelle Obama dropped by Howard University where she urged students to study abroad and help strengthen the U.S. presence in the global community.

Community Colleges

Foreign Language Courses Growing on Campuses

A growing number of college students are studying foreign languages, a trend propelled by greater interest in Arabic, a broader palette of languages being taught and more crowded language classes at community colleges, a new study finds.

CIA Chief Leon Panetta, Federal Officials Urge Scholars To Help Improve Foreign Language Learning in U.S.

To make the United States more globally competitive and secure from foreign attacks, the U.S. must radically transform the way it teaches foreign languages, federal officials told a gathering of foreign language educators at a University of Maryland foreign language summit.

More Students Taking Advantage of Study-abroad Opportunities

Institute of International Education survey results include minorities in that growing number.

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