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Section: Demographics
Faculty & Staff
Until the Needle Breaks
Four top scholars discuss the enduring musical legacy of Motown records.
June 16, 2011
Students
College Mentoring for Access and Persistence Program Gives Graduating High School Seniors a Boost
What started as a group of high school students who stopped by for pizza and soft drinks at a monthly meeting with mentors from the Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young has turned into the College MAP program’s first cohort of polished college-bound seniors.
June 15, 2011
African-American
New Bill Targets College Access, Academic Success in Low-Income Areas
Education leaders in the U.S. Senate want to promote college success in low-income communities through a new “cradle-to-career” educational support program in the nation’s highest poverty neighborhoods.
June 14, 2011
African-American
Symposium: National Intervention Urged for African-American Boys
A symposium titled “A Strong Start: Positioning Young Black Boys for Educational Success” focused on the critical nature of the first nine years of life and was sponsored by the Educational Testing Service and the Children’s Defense Fund.
June 14, 2011
Students
N.J. Student Aid Bid Rejected Due to Mom’s Immigration Status
An American-born high school student from New Jersey has been denied state tuition assistance because her mother is an undocumented immigrant, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
June 13, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Roboticist Dennis Hong Inspires Students To Change the World
Dr. Dennis Hong, a NASA Summer Faculty Fellow and two-time winner of the National Science Foundation’s Career Award for extraordinary teacher-scholars, said he’s gratified to have persuaded his students that robotics is its own form of service to science and to humankind.
June 13, 2011
Latinx
More Hispanic Students Finishing High School
The percentage of Hispanic 18- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school and don’t have an equivalent degree was 22 percent in 2008, down from 34 percent in 1998.
June 12, 2011
African-American
U.S., Foreign Higher Education Institutions Unite To Help Haiti
New consortium hopes to help Haitian universities recover and improve a year after earthquake.
June 12, 2011
Students
Diversity Still Matters in Michigan
Five years since Proposition 2 dismantled Michigan’s race-based programs from state-funded institutions, schools still refuse to abandon diversity.
June 8, 2011
Students
Commentary: The Asian Pacific American Paradox
While Asian Pacific Americans are no rarity on campus, they remain on the margins.
June 6, 2011
African-American
Report: Low-Income Students “Priced-Out” of College
Of 1,186 colleges surveyed in a college affordability study, only five provide adequate financial support, the Education Trust organization reports.
June 6, 2011
African-American
Black Music Month: The Beat Goes On
On June 7, 1979, President Jimmy Carter decreed that June would be Black Music Month, and all the United States presidents since then have acknowledged the month-long observance.
June 5, 2011
Students
NCORE Conference: Scholar Offers Perspectives on Inter-Minority Racism
During the 24th annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, educators examined not only race, gender, religion and sexual orientation, but intersections among them.
June 5, 2011
Leadership & Policy
NCORE Conference: College Presidents Share Impact of International Programs
Remarks by Howard University president Sidney Ribeau and other college presidents came Thursday in a symposium examining the internationalization of their institutions during the annual meeting of the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education.
June 2, 2011
African-American
MSIs Seek To Defy Budget Trend By Lobbying for New Teacher Education Program
Under the proposal to Congress, a minority-serving college or university could obtain $500,000 a year for five years for enhancements to teacher education programs.
June 2, 2011
African-American
Sickle Cell Treatment Clinic at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Answers Community Need
The disease affects about 1,000 people in Arkansas and new treatments have allowed those with the disease to live into their 50s, 60s or beyond, and the goal is to improve their quality of life.
June 1, 2011
African-American
Michigan State University Commemorates Half-Century Partnership With African Nations
Michigan State University’s African Studies Center celebrates its 50th anniversary, which now engages with more than 150 faculty specialists from 45 departments throughout the university, including nursing, medicine and engineering.
June 1, 2011
Students
Lawmakers Approve Private Fund for Undocumented Immigrants
The children of immigrants, both legal and undocumented, would be able to obtain private college scholarships and enroll in state savings programs under legislation approved Monday.
May 31, 2011
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