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Arizona May End Scholarships for High Achievers
The Arizona Board of Regents is considering ending a popular college scholarship program for high achievers. The AIMS scholarships pay tuition and fees at the state’s three public universities for high school students who perform well on the standardized Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards test.
July 12, 2010
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Students May See Some Gains Through New Textbook Rules
Rules provide greater transparency on pricing and restrict publishers from bundling books with supplemental materials.
July 7, 2010
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SREB Honors 500th Ph.D. Recipient from Doctoral Program
The SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program honored Dr. Betina Cutaia Wilkinson as its 500th doctoral scholar at the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) annual meeting in West Virginia.
June 28, 2010
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Microsoft’s Philly High School Overcame Challenges
Although the School of the Future’s creative ambitions have been frustrated by high principal turnover, curriculum tensions and a student body unfamiliar with laptop computer culture, the Microsoft-designed Philadelphia public high school graduated its first senior class Tuesday with each student having been accepted to an institution of higher learning.
June 16, 2010
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Study: Majority of Institutions Receive Applications from Undocumented Students
In a survey released today, the National Association of College Admission Counseling reports that 60 percent of surveyed schools indicated that they had received college applications from undocumented students.
June 15, 2010
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Harvard Student Says He Faces Deportation From U.S.
An undocumented Harvard University student is facing deportation to Mexico after being detained by immigration authorities at a Texas airport, the student said last week.
June 14, 2010
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Community College Champion
In an exclusive interview with Diverse, Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón discusses community colleges’ pivotal role in revitalizing the U.S. economy.
June 14, 2010
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Best & Brightest: ‘I Had to Succeed’
No one would fault Jemima Pierre-Jacques if she decided to put off her studies this past spring semester at Prince George’s Community College. The native Haitian was mourning the loss of her father, Jude Pierre-Jacques, and eight other relatives in Port-au-Prince, casualties along with thousands of the 7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti in January.
June 13, 2010
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College “Student Group” Aided by For-profit Industry
Career College Association, a lobbying group for for-profit schools, provided the organizational muscle to launch the grassroots-sounding Students for Academic Choice at a time when for-profit colleges are under fire.
June 13, 2010
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Why We Need Diverse Books
Many fine examples of general-interest, academic, literary books from the university and small presses are overlooked when it comes time to hand out accolades. Most are never reviewed, which contributes to their invisibility. Writing about them can be a lonely enterprise. It helps if you have eclectic reading habits, a taste for the esoteric and […]
June 11, 2010
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College Success Foundation Celebrates 10 Years of Helping Students
The College Success Foundation, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, released a report highlighting its success in preparing socially disadvantaged middle and high school students to enter college and graduate.
June 9, 2010
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Becoming a Force for Diversity and Inclusion
Rosemary E. Kilkenny is Georgetown University’s vice president for institutional diversity and equity, a position that was created for her in 2006, and she has become the university’s most visible cheerleader for diversity and inclusion.
June 7, 2010
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Arizona State Forum: Fixing U.S. Education
Taking the uncommon step as a public flagship university to help stimulate the national conversation on education reform, Arizona State University convened a panel of education experts for a forum titled “Getting Back in the Race: Fixing American Education” this past Friday.
June 6, 2010
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Hispanic College Success: It’s All in The Family
Studies show that more Hispanic students are enrolling in college, but a disproportionate number drop out with debt instead of degrees.
June 3, 2010
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Student Immigrants Use Civil Rights-era Strategies
Students fighting laws that target undocumented immigrants are taking a page from the civil rights era, adopting tactics and gathering praise from the generation of demonstrators who marched in the streets and sat at segregated lunch counters.
June 2, 2010
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Recommendations for National K-12 Education Standards Target College Readiness
The goal of Common Core State Standards is to ensure that every student graduates from high school prepared to attend a post-secondary institution or enter the workforce.
June 2, 2010
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Community College Trends Examined at Conference
At a conference of community college faculty and staff members, attendees looked to veteran leaders for a glimpse at what the future holds for U.S. community colleges.
June 1, 2010
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Community College Conference Urges Focus on Student Success
The theme of improving student success in community colleges took center stage Monday at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Thirty-Second Annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence.
May 31, 2010
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