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Initiative Aims to Raise the Bar for Teacher Prep Programs
The Network for Transforming Educator Preparation is a two-year pilot project that will focus on reform in teacher licensure, program approval and collecting and analyzing more data to improve teacher prep programs.
October 28, 2013
Home
College Costs Growing Faster in Utah than U.S.
College costs in Utah rose more quickly than the rest of the country during the past five years, though the sticker prices for public schools here remain among the cheapest in the country, according to a new report from the College Board.
October 27, 2013
Community Colleges
Ohio Public Colleges Make Aggressive Changes After Enrollment Dips
Enrollment at Ohio’s public colleges and universities has fallen for the second year in a row amid state and federal efforts emphasizing graduation rates over student totals.
October 27, 2013
Latinx
HACU Conference Addresses Federal, Education Issues for Hispanics
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ annual national conference addressed the underrepresentation of Hispanics in STEM, immigration reform and revision of the rating of colleges and universities.
October 27, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Society of Women Engineers Conference Offers Women Connections and Support
Nearly 6,000 women engineers attended the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) annual conference to sharpen their skills, network and meet recruiters.
October 27, 2013
African-American
VI Congressional Leader Fights for Black Boys in Education
Dr. Donna Christensen, the sole Democratic congressional leader from the Virgin Islands, is passionate about seeing Black boys succeed academically despite the day-to-day challenges against them.
October 27, 2013
Students
Health Sciences Special Focus
In this edition, Diverse features Dr. Levi Watkins, a pioneer in the medical field, as well as diversity champion for minority enrollment, staffing and programs at Johns Hopkins University. Diverse also reports on the decline in African-American enrollment in medical schools and the impact the cost to attend is having on this trend, the nursing shortage in America and the accelerated programs available to increase the number of nurses entering this profession from diverse backgrounds, and the expansion of services at student health centers to include mental health care and wellness services.
October 25, 2013
Students
In Case You Missed It
Here are some of the key stories in higher education this week reported by Diverse: Research Scholars Take Aim at Improving Black Achievement Jackson State Makes the Most of a Strange Homecoming NAACP Increases Efforts to Target College Students Diverse Conversations: Supporting LBGT College Students
October 25, 2013
African-American
SUNY College Police Investigating Racial Posting
Campus police at an upstate New York college are investigating a “racially offensive posting” in a campus residence hall.
October 24, 2013
Disabilties
Michigan Schools Sue Over Contraception Mandate
Two Christian schools, Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids and Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, filed a federal lawsuit this week arguing that they should not have to comply with the contraception provision in the federal health care law.
October 24, 2013
Health
University of Maryland Health Equity Center Launches Trust Campaign Targeting Minorities, Health Researchers
The Maryland Center for Health Equity has launched an educational campaign aimed at bridging a longtime gap between health researchers and minority communities.
October 24, 2013
Students
College Athletes Come Up as Winners in Grad Rates
The NCAA reveals that more student-athletes are earning their college degrees at an all-time high rate.
October 24, 2013
African-American
Scholars Reveal Best Practices to Keep Black Males in Education
As the second annual international colloquium on Black males in education continues, scholars offer solutions aimed at solving the series of problems that confront Black males in education.
October 24, 2013
Students
Research Scholars Take Aim at Improving Black Achievement
Group gathers to strategize solutions and share best practices for the second year in a row.
October 24, 2013
Students
UConn President Defends Response to Sex Assaults
University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst on Wednesday gave an impassioned defense of the school’s response to alleged sexual assaults on campus, two days after a federal civil rights complaint was filed by seven women who say they were assaulted while attending the school.
October 23, 2013
Sports
Jackson State: Grambling Forfeit Could Cost Millions
Jackson State says financial losses for the university and the city of Jackson, Miss., “could be in the millions” because of Grambling’s decision to forfeit Saturday’s football game after its players refused to play.
October 23, 2013
Students
WWII-Era Japanese-American Nursing Student Advocate Honored
Henrietta Loughran, former dean of the University of Colorado’s nursing college, was honored posthumously for advocating for Japanese-American nursing students.
October 23, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Norfolk State Interim President Ready to Take on Challenges
Eddie Moore Jr. was hired as a fixer as NSU is grappling with a range of problems, including poor graduation rates, declining enrollment, high turnover among administrators, a governing board shake-up, and an investigation by its accrediting agency.
October 23, 2013
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