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Keeping the McNair Ph.D. Pipeline Flowing with Talent

McNair scholar program cuts could hamper efforts to boost number of minorities holding doctoral degrees.

June 28, 2012

McNair scholars

House Speaker Boehner Says Deal is Near on Student Loans

Congress is nearing agreements that would prevent a doubling of student loan interest rates and revamp the nation’s transportation programs, House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday.

June 27, 2012

Report: U.S. Campuses Growing More International

American colleges and universities have made significant gains in becoming more international in scope, but the progress varies by sector, says a new survey released Wednesday by the American Council on Education.

June 27, 2012

Newsroom Diversity: An Online Paradigm Shift

In the last in a series on diversity in American journalism, Diverse examines how minorities in the news industry have been impacted more than most.

June 27, 2012

College Presidents Approve College Football Playoff

A committee of university presidents on Tuesday approved a plan for a four-team playoff put forward by commissioners of the major football conferences.

June 26, 2012

African-American Educator Helps Push Mitt Romney’s Education Agenda

Dr. Rod Paige has re-entered the Republican party’s national education policymaking ranks as a special adviser to presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

June 26, 2012

Commentary: Armored Vehicle on a College Campus?

Historian Ibram Rogers considers the effort by the University of California Berkeley Police Department along with the local police departments of Berkeley and Albany to purchase an armored vehicle.

June 26, 2012

Dr. Ibram H. Rogers

Bill Gates: Rising College Tuition, Increasing Admissions Selectivity Threatens American Opportunity

In Washington, philanthropist Bill Gates helped commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Morrill Act that created America’s public land-grant universities.

June 26, 2012

University of Virginia Board Reinstates Ousted President after Outcry

The University of Virginia’s governing board on Tuesday reinstated Teresa Sullivan, who was ousted without a vote earlier this month

June 26, 2012

Teresa Sullivan

Empowering Students of Color: The Role of Minority Serving Institutions

Editor’s Note: This post is co-authored with Thai-Huy Nguyen, a Ph.D. student at the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, Blacks receive roughly 6.1 percent of the degrees in math and statistics, 6.7 percent in physical sciences, and 5.2 percent in engineering. Likewise, Latinos receive roughly 6.8 percent of the degrees in computer science, 5.8 percent in […]

June 25, 2012

Next Step on Path to College Football Playoff: Presidents Chime In

The BCS commissioners will present their four-team playoff proposal to the presidential oversight committee Tuesday in Washington.

June 25, 2012

A True Trailblazer

In the fourth in a series of stories exploring diversity in American journalism, Diverse profiles Belva Davis, who overcame numerous discriminatory obstacles on her way to becoming one of northern California’s most prominent broadcast journalists.

June 25, 2012

Making the Grade at San Diego State

At San Diego State University, retention and graduation rates, including those of underrepresented minorities and first-generation college students, garner national attention.

June 25, 2012

San Diego State University

Indiana Politicians Reassess Higher Education Amid Rough Economy

Gov. Mitch Daniels’ statement that not every student should aim for a traditional college degree may have seemed strange, coming just before he was elected as president of Purdue University.

June 24, 2012

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels

Bringing Prize-winning Journalism to the Classroom

John Sullivan, a lecturer at Northwestern University Medill journalism, co-led the Philadelphia Inquirer examination of school violence in Philadelphia public schools.

June 24, 2012

African-American

Setting the Course for Future Physicians

University of Florida has become a leading producer of African-American graduates who go on to become medical doctors.

June 24, 2012

University of Florida

Manhattan Institute Segregation Report Flawed, Some Say

A recent report by the Manhattan Institute about the extent to which segregation may have declined in the last century has triggered a heated debate, with many scholars and social justice advocates rejecting its findings.

June 21, 2012

Roderick Harrison

Collegiate Sports Gender Equity Not Yet A Reality, Experts Say

Although women have made tremendous strides in collegiate sports since the 1972 passage of Title IX, significant work remains before women achieve equality with men on campus, experts say.

June 21, 2012