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Morehouse President to Retire At the End of Academic Year
Morehouse College President Walter E. Massey announced last month his plans to retire at the end of the 2006-2007 academic year…
October 4, 2006
Students
Black Enrollment Lags, Hispanic Enrollment
Black enrollment grew by only 1.6 percent in Florida’s state universities since last year compared to an overall increase of 2.6 percent…
October 4, 2006
Students
The School of Spellings
Tough, passionate and perhaps “terrifying,” U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has been described…
October 4, 2006
Students
Bush Nominates Sara Martinez Tucker
President George W. Bush has nominated outgoing Hispanic Scholarship Fund President and CEO Sara Martinez Tucker…
October 4, 2006
Students
Student Murder Shatters ‘Morehouse Mystique’
The body of Carlnell Walker Jr. was found stuffed in the trunk of his car in July by Clayton County, Ga., police…
October 4, 2006
Students
Professional Appointments
Karen Gross has been named president of Southern Vermont College. She had previously been a professor at New York Law School. Gross holds a bachelor’s from Smith College and a law degree from Temple University. Dr. Marcela Katz Armoza has been appointed vice president of enrollment and student affairs at New York City College of […]
October 4, 2006
Students
Grants & Awards
Alvernia College (Pa.) has received a $100,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation to support the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship is intended for nontraditional and minority students, especially Hispanic students pursuing degrees in nursing. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has awarded $50,000 grants to three California universities to fund scholarships. California State University-Northridge, […]
October 4, 2006
Students
College Board Seeks to Improve College Readiness of Minorities
No longer satisfied with just testing students to see if they’re ready for college, the College Board, producers of the SAT college entrance exam, has moved into select high schools with a new curriculum officials say will actually prepare poor and minority students for college.
October 3, 2006
Students
Just the Stats: The Impact of Language Barriers and Poverty On First-Generation Students
Parental involvement is key to a student’s success, but a new report shows language barriers continue to hamper non-English speaking parents.
September 27, 2006
Students
Report: Atlanta-area Colleges Strengthen Economic Draw Of City
Colleges in the Atlanta area alone have an annual economic impact of more than $10.8 billion on the state of Georgia, around $1,200 for every man, woman and child in the state, according to a new report released Wednesday.
September 27, 2006
Students
Spellings: More Financial Aid, Accountability In Store For Higher Ed
WASHINGTON U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on Tuesday called for more need-based financial aid as part of wide-ranging higher education reforms that would include new accountability measures and data collection on student and college performance.
September 26, 2006
Students
U.S. College Drop-out Rate Sparks Concern
NEW YORK For decades, getting more students into college has been the top priority of America’s higher education leaders. But what’s the point, a growing number of experts are wondering, when so few who go to school finish a degree?
September 26, 2006
Students
Racial Name-Calling at Diversity Retreat Leads To Firing
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. The diversity training consultant called one Wilkes University student of Indian descent a “terrorist.” He also had student athletes at a diversity retreat call another student “Chink” — as a means of making the derogatory words lose their power.
September 25, 2006
Students
HACU Conference to Focus on Increasing Hispanic Student Success
The 20th Annual Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities conference to be held next month will focus on increasing the success of Hispanic students.
September 25, 2006
Students
Black Enrollment At UT-Austin Exceeds Pre-Hopwood Level for First Time
AUSTIN, Texas More Blacks are studying at the University of Texas at Austin this semester than ever, breaking a record set the year a federal appeals court banned the use of race in admissions.
September 23, 2006
Students
Science Revolution in Minority Communities Theme of SACNAS Conference
Students and science educators will gather later this month for the annual Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) conference held in Tampa, Fla. Pertinent to a much talked-about issue – the theme of this year’s conference is “Science Revolution in Minority Communities: What Progress Have We Made?”
September 23, 2006
Students
Putting a Spotlight on the Truth
As the former editor in chief and current editor at large of the Spelman Spotlight…
September 20, 2006
Students
Perspectives: Harvard, Princeton Drop “Early Admissions” — Should Others Follow?
Through early admissions programs, students are under pressure to commit to a university before the financial aid application is even due. That knocks many high-achieving poor and minority students out of the running. Elite schools should follow up the elimination of early admissions with a policy to provide poor students with full financial aid. Those two necessary first steps in reframing admission and financial aid policies may improve diversity at America’s elite institutions.
September 20, 2006
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