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Community Colleges
N.J. Consortium Helps Connect Colleges to Employers
New Jersey community colleges partner with businesses to expand training and improve efficiency.
December 21, 2010
African-American
Philadelphia Gets $750K To Improve College Diploma Rate
A local philanthropist gave $750,000 to the city Monday toward its efforts to raise the number of Philadelphians with college degrees, which he said was critical to attracting jobs and businesses.
December 20, 2010
Students
Wisconsin College’s Teaching Methods Gain Attention
Alverno College, a small women’s college on Milwaukee’s south side, has been widely cited as a national model for training teachers, thanks to its combination of clinical and classroom experience and use of video and other tools to evaluate whether graduates are meeting the standards for what makes a good teacher.
December 20, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Reinvented New Jersey College Embraces Minority Identity
Faced with changing demographics, Bloomfield College stays true to its mission by embracing its status as a predominantly Black institution.
December 20, 2010
Latinx
DREAM Act Blocked in Senate
Senate Republicans on Saturday doomed an effort that would have given hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants a path to legal status if they enrolled in college or joined the military.
December 19, 2010
LGBTQ+
Reaching Out to Diverse Students with Mental Health Services
Perspectives: Reaching diverse students with critical mental health services requires innovative and culturally competent outreach.
December 19, 2010
Students
Curriculum Reform at UT-Galveston Medical School Yields Improved Minority Student Board Results
The UT Medical Branch at Galveston has developed an approach that faculty members say have had a remarkable effect on its students’ performance on the medical board exam.
December 19, 2010
Home
Kansas Regents Approve Tougher University Admissions
The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved tougher admission standards, particularly in math and critical reading. The requirements take effect in four years at higher education institutions, but will affect high school freshmen next fall.
December 16, 2010
Students
College President Tackles Student Persistence, Campus Expansion
Helping students persist to graduation at Hispanic-serving New Jersey City University is a priority for Dr. Carlos Hernández.
December 16, 2010
Health
Reports Highlight Health Care Reform’s Potential Impact in Reducing Health Disparities
The Washington-based Center for American Progress released studies that explore the Affordable Care Act’s impact on racial and ethnic minorities who suffer from chronic illnesses and how the legislation can improve efforts to address gaps in the data that measure health care disparities.
December 16, 2010
African-American
Black Segregation in U.S. Drops to Lowest in Century
America’s neighborhoods took large strides toward racial integration in the last decade as Blacks and Whites chose to live near each other at the highest levels in a century.
December 15, 2010
Latinx
With Dream Act Shelved, Immigrants Look to 2012
The undocumented immigrants who more than a decade ago were just teens hoping to forge a legal path to citizenship are vowing to make the Dream Act a campaign issue come 2012.
December 15, 2010
Students
Keeping Latino Religion Scholars Faithful to the Classroom
The Princeton Theological Seminary’s Hispanic Theological Initiative helps Latino doctoral students launch careers as religion scholars.
December 15, 2010
Opinion
Respecting Race-Based Research
I do research about race. When I was a graduate student, a professor warned me against doing this research, noting, “you’ll be ghettoized for studying Black colleges.” Although I ignored the comment, I knew what he was saying. Based on how faculty members who do research on race are often treated by their colleagues, he […]
December 14, 2010
Students
Minnesota’s Private Colleges Recruit Diverse Students
For almost the tenth consecutive year the number of minorities enrolled in the 17 four-year, liberal arts schools that belong to the Minnesota Private College Council has increased.
December 14, 2010
African-American
Southern University System Proceeds With Streamlining Amid Budget Crunch
Ronald Mason, the new president of the Southern University System, says he’s moving forward with campus campaigns amid stiff budget reductions.
December 14, 2010
Students
Garden State Abandons Minority Doctoral Program
New Jersey Legislature defunds the Minority Academic Careers program, making financing doctoral study a heavier burden for minority students.
December 14, 2010
Sports
Jackson State’s NAACP Chapter Has First White President
The president of the Mississippi NAACP says the selection of a White man to lead one of the organization’s chapters shows its real mission to represent more than one race.
December 13, 2010
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