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Section: Institutions
Community Colleges
Report: Pay Disparities Persist for Minorities and Women With College Degrees
A study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce shows that White median earnings surpassed that of all other groups in all but a few fields, and, in those cases, White median earnings were surpassed only by those of Asians.
May 24, 2011
Community Colleges
Perspective: Cultivating Community College Creativity Within Financial Constraints
North Carolina and Texas success stories illustrate best practices of community college global education.
May 23, 2011
Latinx
Influential Speakers Inspire 2011 Graduates to Pursue the American Dream
This spring, minority-serving institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions, are hosting a number of influential leaders as graduation speakers.
May 22, 2011
African-American
SUNO/UNO Merger Scrapped for Lack of Support
House Speaker Jim Tucker, sponsor of the legislation, said that he doesn’t have the two-thirds support needed for passage and doesn’t expect to be able to get the votes this legislative session.
May 18, 2011
Community Colleges
Poll Finds Recent College Graduates Hit by Recession
A new survey of college graduates from the last five years finds that the Great Recession has hit them hard, forcing them into low-paying jobs, often unrelated to their educations.
May 18, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Perspective: Community Colleges Should Be at the Front Line of Economic Recovery
The focus of community colleges has shifted over the past decade to include not only the education of young adults leaving high school, but also adults who are already in the workforce, a community college president writes.
May 16, 2011
Students
Pell Institute Releases Research on DeVry
In an effort to distinguish itself within the embattled for-profit college sector, DeVry Inc. presented research that portrays the company as using effective student-centered practices for helping low-income students.
May 11, 2011
HBCUs
U.S. Higher Education Confronts Historic Financial Challenges, Part II
Diverse convened an expert panel to dissect the financial condition of public and private institutions. This is the second installment of a two-part series.
May 11, 2011
MSIs
U.S. Higher Education Confronts Historic Financial Challenges
Diverse brings together an expert panel to dissect the situation of public and private institutions and offer solutions. This is a two-part series.
May 10, 2011
African-American
International Outreach Undertaken by Thurgood Marshall College Fund Schools
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund has launched an International Collaboration Group (ICG) as part of an extensive global outreach effort by public HBCUs represented by the fund.
May 9, 2011
Community Colleges
Higher Education Leaders Must Boost College Completion Efforts, U.S. Education Department’s Kanter Says
Dr. Martha Kanter, U.S. Education Department Under Secretary, said Thursday that to achieve better rates of college completion, higher education leaders must make sure their perspectives and expertise play a bigger role in the national effort to define college and career readiness.
May 5, 2011
Students
La. Gov. Bobby Jindal Defends SUNO/UNO Merger in House Committee
Merging historically Black Southern University at New Orleans with the largely White University of New Orleans would give students better educational opportunities, Gov. Bobby Jindal told a Louisiana House committee.
May 4, 2011
African-American
Howard, Yale Debaters Meet in Third Annual Great Debate
The first debate topic was whether society should create more privately-operated public charter schools; the second was whether Washington, D.C. should be granted statehood.
May 1, 2011
Sports
Talented Gymnast Reaches Pinnacle of Academic Achievement, Athletic Success
While San Jose State University gymnast Shanice Howard experienced personal fulfillment in an exemplary college gymnastics career, her stellar performance in the classroom won her admiration and respect.
May 1, 2011
Native Americans
Oklahoma Gaming Proving Profitable for Tribal Higher Education
Legalizing American Indian gaming 10 years ago has brought about a cash windfall for Oklahoma’s tribal colleges, even if it is indirect.
April 28, 2011
Students
Race Complaints Persist With La. Governor Jindal’s Plan To Merge Schools
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposal renews a politically and racially charged argument that pops up periodically in the roughly 20 states that have public, four-year institutions known as historically Black colleges and universities.
April 27, 2011
Community Colleges
Community College Experts Urge Greater Collaboration To Boost Completion Rates
A policy symposium was convened to help bring attention to the role that community colleges are playing to fulfill the Obama Administration’s goal of producing the most college-educated workforce in the world by 2020.
April 27, 2011
HBCUs
Conference Spurs Participants To Consider Higher Education Diversity Challenges
Inclusivity was the buzzword on Wednesday at the annual Diversity in Higher Education Conference at Duke University, and ideas sparked by the discussions about improving inclusion were shared among participants.
April 27, 2011
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