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Students
UW Professors See Problems With How Math Is Taught
Sixty University of Washington professors have signed a letter to the Legislature saying that many college freshmen canât solve math problems, even at a middle-school level.
March 5, 2008
Students
Emergency Notification in an instant
Following the recent campus shootings, universities are seeking the most effective and multifaceted electronic alert systems from a host of IT companies.
March 4, 2008
Students
Providing a âFull Circle of Supportâ
With less than 1 percent of American Indian students majoring in the sciences, AISES founders say they are on a mission greater than themselves.
March 4, 2008
Students
Expanding the Cultural Reach Of Environmentalism Through Diversity
In the fall of 2005, Yale graduate student Emily Enderle was asking some uncomfortable questions about faculty diversity at the universityâs School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
March 4, 2008
Students
Technology: Connecting Students to Their Community Colleges
Community colleges have an extremely difficult job trying to connect with students, given that so many drive to campus only to attend class and then return home or to work after the class concludes.
March 4, 2008
Students
Grants & Gifts
The AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND has received a $50,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation for student scholarship through the AICFâs Tribal College Program. The monies will benefit tribal college students studying math, science, technology and business. The CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY has received an eight-year, $24 MILLION grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to [âŚ]
March 3, 2008
Students
University of Rochester Students Demand More Faculty Diversity
Students at the University of Rochester are demanding that university officials hire more faculty members from underrepresented groups, insisting that the administrators spend less time strategizing about diversity and make it a reality.
March 3, 2008
Students
Babson College Meets Changing Needs With Diversity Officer
Dr. Elizabeth Thornton, Babson Collegeâs newly appointed chief diversity officer, wasnât hired to mitigate a highly charged climate of racial violence or vandalism or to appease student and faculty complaints on multiculturalism.
March 2, 2008
Students
4 Charged in Temple U. Beating Outside Jewish Fraternity
Four Temple University students face charges related to the beating of a man outside a Jewish fraternity on the Philadelphia campus, an attack police categorized as a hate crime.
March 2, 2008
Students
Nevada Higher Ed Seeks Increased American Indian Enrollment
Higher education officials have formed a coalition to try to turn around the historically low number of American Indian students who go on to college in Nevada.
February 26, 2008
Students
Three Campus Security Scares On Tuesday
Classes were canceled and a small private college went on lockdown Tuesday as police searched for a man who was seen with a gun on campus, officials said.
February 26, 2008
Students
Riding Into College With Your Posse
Foundation eases transition by sending students to campuses in groups.
February 26, 2008
Students
Classes Help University of Missouri Custodial Employees Communicate
Some classes being offered at the University of Missouri-Columbia are for the custodial employees, with the aim of helping them better communicate with each other.
February 26, 2008
Students
Perspectives: Tradition of Inclusion Left Out of William & Mary Presidentâs Story
Controversy at the College of William & Mary and the clear schism between the college community and the board of visitors have recently become major stories in the media. With every article I read, however, the story appears half told.
February 25, 2008
Students
Yale Plans for Biggest Expansion in Decades
NEW HAVEN, Conn.  Yale University is moving forward with plans to build two residential colleges, an expansion that could create the largest increase in the student body since the Ivy League college began admitting women in 1969. Yale President Richard Levin sent a statement to faculty and students this week citing the benefits of the [âŚ]
February 20, 2008
Students
Suffering the Borrowing Blues
Proprietary schools likely to be most affected by lendersâ retreat from high-risk student loans, officials say.
February 19, 2008
Students
AP Course Access and Scores Improve for Hispanics in Some States
Although Hispanic students have continued to close the âequity and excellence gapâ in 15 states in the Advanced Placement courses, gaps persist in California and Texas, two of the biggest states with a high percentage of Hispanics in their population, the College Board reveals in its annual AP Report to the Nation.
February 19, 2008
Students
Suffering the Borrowing Blues
Low-income students and students of color may have a harder time getting some college loans because of an ongoing credit crunch and tighter underwriting rules in the industry.
February 19, 2008
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