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MSIs
Scholars Blame Low Minority Retention in STEM on Affirmative Action
Minority students are leaving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines in disproportionate numbers before graduating, because affirmative action may be placing students in rigorous academic settings for which they are not prepared, a panel of scholars told the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Friday
September 14, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Texas Colleges Clean Up After Hurricane Ike
While emergency crews in southeast Texas continued rescuing victims and trying to restore normalcy in the wake of Hurricane Ike, the resumption of college classes in the region was uncertain late Sunday.
September 14, 2008
Students
Perspectives: Challenges in Higher Education for the Next President
Unlike the Middle East or the housing industry, the next president will not face an immediate crisis in addressing the issue of higher education in the United States.
September 14, 2008
Sports
Hoops Hall Looks to Honor Black Schools’ Coaches
Savannah State coach Teddy Wright was so good that legends grew up around him. Like the time he supposedly split his squad in two, sending half to play a game in the Southwest and the other half to play against a school on East Coast.
September 11, 2008
HBCUs
UNCF Unveils Plan to Give HBCUs New Voice
Seeking to capitalize on recent successes such as the renewal of the Higher Education Act, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) on Wednesday unveiled a detailed new legislative agenda along with plans to raise awareness of historically Black colleges in Congress.
September 10, 2008
HBCUs
Media Experts Say HBCU Radio Stations Are Underused
Historically Black colleges and universities must continue to invest financial and personnel resources into campus radio stations, because the stations are powerful outlets that present a wide range of opportunities for the institutions, said a panel of media experts Wednesday during a forum on campus media at the 2008 National HBCU Week.
September 10, 2008
Native Americans
ECSU Honors Mashantucket Pequot Chairman
Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic conferred an honorary doctorate on Michael Thomas, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation during a Convocation ceremony on Aug. 29, in the Francis E. Geissler Sports Center Gymnasium, officials announced recently.
September 9, 2008
Students
Bonds to Faculty Help Keep Latinos in STEM Majors
Latino students who major in math, sciences, and technology have a better academic performance if they also have strong relationships with the faculty, according to a recent study from the University of Southern California.
September 9, 2008
HBCUs
NAFEO Report Highlights HBCU Role in Graduating Black Students, Attracting Diversity
A report released by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) Tuesday credited historically Black colleges and universities with a disproportionately large share of Black educational gains over the past two decades.
September 9, 2008
Community Colleges
Student GOP Leader Resigns Over Obama Remark
The leader of a statewide group of college Republicans has been forced to resign after posting racially insensitive comments about Sen. Barack Obama on the Internet.
September 9, 2008
HBCUs
Secretary of State Rice Calls for Investment in HBCUs
With historically Black colleges and universities graduating a significant percentage of Black students who pursue doctoral degrees in medicine, mathematics, science and engineering, we must continue to invest resources into these institutions, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.
September 8, 2008
Native Americans
Tribal College Expanding Campus
United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck is officially marking the start of a campus expansion with a ceremony Friday at a 135-acre tract of land immediately south of the current campus.
September 7, 2008
Faculty & Staff
New Report: Black Colleges Crucial to Grooming New Scientists
Historically Black colleges and universities play a vital role in producing future scientists and engineers, according to a recent report released by the National Science Foundation.
September 7, 2008
HBCUs
HBCUs Seek Normalcy After Gustav
Officials of New Orleans’ historically Black colleges are anxiously planning their returns to campuses in the wake of Hurricane Gustav, but they remain cautiously optimistic their schools have avoided catastrophic damage.
September 3, 2008
African-American
Getting to Know Dr. Kofi Lomotey
While Dr. Kofi Lomotey has held appointments at predominately White institutions, he understands the critically important roles that historically Black colleges and universities play in educating Black students.
September 3, 2008
Community Colleges
Music to Their Ears
Last month, the College of Music at the University of North Texas held its first-ever mariachi summer camp for Hispanic students in sixth through 12th grades.
September 3, 2008
MSIs
An Inside Look at a Law’s Renewal
Newly signed law includes more than 60 initiatives, including those for single parent students, active duty military and disabled students.
September 3, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Professional Appointments
Dr. Guy Bailey has been appointed president of Texas Tech University. Previously, he served as chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Bailey earned a bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Alabama and a doctorate from the University of Tennessee. DR. DAVID KROLL has been named the first chairperson of the pharmaceutical sciences department […]
September 3, 2008
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