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The Three Prongs of Recruitment and Retention
“If institutions of higher education controlled for recruitment, retention and financial aid in terms of their recruitment and retention efforts, they would see their graduation rates increase exponentially.”
October 14, 2015
Students
Report: U.S. Math Performance Gap Starts with Unequal Access
When it comes to educating U.S. teens in math, schools play a significant factor in reinforcing, and even worsening, the inequalities between students from upper-income families and their low-income peers.
October 14, 2015
Students
MSIs Need to Embrace Competency-Based Learning Strategies
It is essential for HBCUs, TCUs and other MSIs to be a part of the planning and implementation of such CBL strategies since these institutions are likely to be major producers of the national workforce of the future.
October 13, 2015
Students
Brown Student: Editors Shouldn’t Have Apologized for Columns
A Brown University student whose newspaper columns prompted protests from other students says she doesn’t think the editors should have apologized for the articles, which they called “racist.”
October 12, 2015
Students
Educators Seeking Means to Open Doors for First-generation Students
Supporting first-generation students is a priority that many institutions have identified, but not many have mastered.
October 12, 2015
Students
Old Gift to Dartmouth College Leads to New Investigation
In 1807, the state gave the college 42 square miles of land with the provision that the income it produced go toward educating students from poor New Hampshire families.
October 12, 2015
Students
Florida Colleges Lure Students with Luxury Dorms
Tanning beds, putting greens and lazy rivers. No, these aren’t luxury retirements homes. They’re the upscale dorms that some Florida universities are using to lure students to campus.
October 11, 2015
Students
#BlackBruinsMatter Movement Sheds Light on Alleged Hostile Climate at UCLA
After a Kanye Western-themed fraternity party at UCLA saw students donning “baggy clothes, plumped lips and padded bottoms” and “foreheads covered in charcoal,” many students took to social media to express their dismay.
October 11, 2015
Students
Enrollment Up 24 Percent at College on Navajo Nation
Enrollment is up at the country’s first tribally controlled college.
October 8, 2015
Students
Indiana University Fraternity Charter Revoked Over Explicit Video
Alpha Tau Omega revoked the charter and closed its Indiana University chapter Thursday following the release of a video purportedly showing a fraternity member performing a sex act on a woman.
October 8, 2015
Students
JULIANNA BARNES
JULIANNA BARNES has been appointed president of Cuyamaca College in El Cajon, California, effective October 5. Barnes was vice president of student services at San Diego Mesa College. She holds a bachelor’s from the University of California, San Diego, and a master’s and a doctorate from San Diego State University.
October 8, 2015
Students
KHATMEH OSSEIRAN-HANNA
KHATMEH OSSEIRAN-HANNA has been appointed vice president for institutional advancement and external affairs for the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York. She was director of advancement, North America, for The University of Queensland, Australia. Osseiran-Hanna earned a bachelor’s from George Washington University.
October 8, 2015
Students
DANIELLE WOZNIAK
DANIELLE WOZNIAK has been appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the College of New Rochelle in New York. She was the director of the School of Social Work at the University of New England in Portland, Maine. Wozniak earned a bachelor’s from Miami University in Ohio, a master’s from Fordham University and a doctorate from the University of Connecticut.
October 8, 2015
Students
DAYSHA JACKSON-SANCHEZ
DAYSHA JACKSON-SANCHEZ has been named dean of student success at Manchester University. She was assistant vice chancellor for student affairs at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Northeast. Jackson-Sanchez earned a bachelor’s and an MBA from Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne.
October 8, 2015
Students
Seeing Student Success
Cal State Fullerton among institutions employing a host of interventions to help students persist, graduate.
October 7, 2015
Students
Wichita State Chapel Change to Help Muslims Draws Complaints
WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State University has announced plans to review changes to a campus chapel after critics took aim at the university for renovating the space to accommodate Muslims. The Wichita Eagle reports the university in May renovated the Harvey D. Grace Memorial Chapel and removed the tiny altar and pews after Muslims at […]
October 7, 2015
Students
Judge Rejects Renaming College After Billionaire’s Wife
A New York judge denied a college’s petition to add the wife of a Wall Street billionaire to its name, citing the will of the founding donor.
October 7, 2015
Students
Early FAFSA Filing Seen as Boon for Low-income Students
Student advocates and higher education experts say the new Obama administration policy change on early Federal Student Aid form filing will prove beneficial for low-income and first-generation students.
October 6, 2015
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