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Section: Students
Students
Colleges and Universities Must Not Rest On Their Laurels
Institutions must gear up to face new challenges, such as ensuring campus security, keeping up with technology and maintaining quality.
June 10, 2009
Students
Fellowship Program Honors Legacy of Late Scholar of the African Diaspora
Today, Michigan State University will recognize four graduate students chosen as TIAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hamilton Research Fellowship awardees for the 2009-10 academic year during a campus reception.
June 9, 2009
Students
Higher Education Association Blasts Graduation Rate Data Used in Think Tank Report
One week after the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative Washington-based think tank, released a report scrutinizing colleges and universities with low six-year graduation rates, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) issued a policy brief criticizing the way graduation rate information is collected.
June 8, 2009
Students
Report Highlights Growing Recognition of Nontraditional Students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Treating nontraditional students as an asset rather than as a liability has marked stellar leadership among presidents at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), according to âLeading in Changing America: Presidential Perspectives from Hispanic-Serving Institutions,â a report released this week by the advocacy group Excelencia in Education.
June 4, 2009
Students
Report Scrutinizes Colleges With Low Graduation Rates, Including MSIs
Less than 60 percent of new students graduate from the nationâs four-year colleges and universities within six years, according to a new study, and the rate is even lower at most of the historically Black and Hispanic-serving institutions included in the study.
June 2, 2009
Students
Taking On the Stereotypes: Asian American Basketball Player Excels on the Court
After leading his high school basketball team to a state title averaging 15 points a game, the 6-foot-3-inch, 200-pound young man hoped to draw some Division I college scholarship offers.
May 27, 2009
Students
Honing Athletic Skills, Academics at Community Colleges
Athletic programs build community and help mold a studentâs identity.
May 27, 2009
Students
Duncan Brings Obama Agenda to Congress
President Barack Obamaâs goals of more college financial aid and an end to high school âdropout factoriesâ will significantly increase opportunities for minority students, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told Congress on Wednesday.
May 20, 2009
Students
Violent Hazing at Times in College Band Repertoire
When two first-year French horn players in Southern Universityâs marching band were beaten so badly they had to be hospitalized in intensive care, it exposed a dirty secret: Hazing is not reserved for fraternities.
May 17, 2009
Students
Providence Mayor Wants To Tax College Students
The mayor of Providence wants to slap a $150-per-semester tax on the 25,000 full-time students at Brown University and three other private colleges in the city, saying they use resources and should help ease the burden on struggling taxpayers.
May 13, 2009
Students
The Community College Transfer Problem
Boosting student transfers from community colleges to four-year institutions is a matter of getting all the right policies and programs in place.
May 13, 2009
Students
Grants & Gifts
The AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND has received $100,000 from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians for scholarships benefiting Native students. ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY (Ga.) has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of $450,621 as part of the Research in Undergraduate Institutions program. THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK and the MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING [âŚ]
May 13, 2009
Students
BOOK REVIEW: Creatiing a Class: College Admissions and the Education of the Elites by Mitchell L. Stevens
It is not by chance that Dr. Mitchell L. Stevens, the author of Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of the Elites (Harvard University Press, 2007), appropriately chooses the word âclassâ in his book titles.
May 12, 2009
Students
Naval Academy Graphic Novel to Aid Recruiting
The Naval Academy released a graphic novel Thursday to attract minority students and applicants from areas that donât send many students to the college, using sharp drawings, tales of saving the world and sound-effect words such as âFZZZZZZZâ and âFZAAAAAAT.â
May 10, 2009
Students
âClass of Katrinaâ Graduating, 4 Years After Storm
In the months after Hurricane Katrina swamped the University of New Orleans campus in August 2005, the basketball team had to practice across the state line in Texas and played its entire season on the road, winning just three games.
May 6, 2009
Students
AKAs Seeks End of âOld Southâ Days at âBama
Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority are asking the University of Alabama to end the annual âOld Southâ celebration staged by a White fraternity.
April 30, 2009
Students
Affording Others the Full Law School Experience
When Anthony Welters attended law school, he spent so many hours at his off-campus jobs that he never truly felt connected to the campus community.
April 29, 2009
Students
Course Watch: Healthy and Eco-friendly Living
Along the same lines as first lady Michelle Obamaâs efforts to plant a White House vegetable garden to promote healthy eating and eco-friendly living, Alfred University (N.Y.) offered a course this semester titled âEating Locally, Thinking Globally.â
April 29, 2009
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