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Section: Demographics
Demographics
2023 Scholarship America Dream Award Applications Available
Scholarship America, the U.S.’s largest nonprofit scholarship and education support organization, is accepting applications for the 2023 Scholarship America Dream Award through Oct. 15, 2022.
August 16, 2022
Demographics
Massachusetts Becomes Latest State to Ban Hair-Based Discrimination
Massachusetts has become the latest state to enact bans against hair-based discrimination after Gov. Charlie Baker signed The CROWN Act into law last month.
August 7, 2022
African-American
In Exhibit, Satterfield Tells Us: Take Time to Heal
Satterfield says he believes his work "could be helpful, useful, a missile of compassion, of empathy.”
August 7, 2022
Demographics
Study Investigates High School Student Attitudes About Higher Ed
Half of high school students wonder if college is worth the investment, according to a recent study.
August 4, 2022
Demographics
New Reports Paint Gloomy Picture of Racial Economic Differences
The effects of job displacement are both immediate and lingering, according to new studies.
July 28, 2022
Leadership & Policy
EWA Conference Makes Sense of Federal Pandemic-Relief Aid for P-12 Schools
On Tuesday at this year’s Education Writers Association (EWA) conference, a series of panels focused on helping reporters decipher the billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief aid that has been going to P-12 schools.
July 26, 2022
African-American
Prominent Artist and Educator Nelson Stevens, Dead at 84
July 24, 2022
Asian American Pacific Islander
Higher Education has Important Role to Play in Stopping AAPI Hate
Stop AAPI Hate has issued its second report on incidents of anti-AAPI hate in America.
July 22, 2022
Demographics
AFT Task Force Releases Report With Solutions to Better Support Teachers Amid Shortage
The American Federation of Teacher’s National Teacher and School Staff Shortage Task Force has released a report describing solutions to better support educators.
July 18, 2022
News Roundup
Tadd Johnson Appointed First Native American to University of Minnesota Board of Regents
Tadd Johnson has been appointed to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, making him the first Native American to be appointed to the board.
July 14, 2022
News Roundup
North Carolina Institutions Awarded $2.3 Million to Study How to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes
N.C. A&T and UNC Chapel Hill were awarded a $2.3 million grant to study how to improve outcomes among women who are more likely to experience pregnancy complications due to poor heart health.
July 12, 2022
News Roundup
Report Shows Pandemic Disproportionately Impacted Latino Students, Families
The COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionately negative impact on Latino students and their families in the U.S., according to a recent report from UnidosUS.
July 12, 2022
Disabilties
UIC Hosts Symposium for Disability Cultural Centers
At a symposium at the University of Illinois, Chicago, attendees were able to reflect on how they built their DCCs and share best practices.
July 11, 2022
News Roundup
Yale Study: Students from Marginalized Groups More Likely to Leave Med School
A recent Yale study has indicated that students from marginalized groups leave medical school at higher rates.
July 11, 2022
African-American
Furious Flower Poetry Center Executive Director Retires
Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin, the founder of the nation’s first academic center for Black poetry, recently retired.
July 8, 2022
Students
Minoritized Students, Already Stressed, Now Worry About Abortion
Experts worry that overturning Roe v. Wade may have an impact on the mental health of college students.
July 7, 2022
Reports & Data
Women Still Behind in Leadership Roles in Massachusetts Higher Ed Institutions
Women make up just 34% of all sitting presidents at Massachusetts’s 88 postsecondary institutions, climbing just one percentage point in four years.
July 6, 2022
Women
Black and Latina Women Hold the Most Student Debt
Center for Responsible Lending report that women of color are worse off today than before the pandemic.
July 1, 2022
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