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Nursing Program Angling for Advanced Degree
The University of Louisiana system granted Nicholls State University permission to join the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and McNeese and Southeastern Universities in the Intercollegiate Masters of Science nursing consortium.
April 30, 2012
Community Colleges
New Internet Tool Helps Measure Community College Student Success
The Completion Arch features the ability to break information down by state or race and ethnicity or gender, but it does not include institution-specific data, such as the percentage of students landing jobs in their field of study.
April 30, 2012
Native Americans
Newly Re-established White House Initiative Office to Seek Ideas on Native American Education
The White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education will host forums around the U.S. in the coming weeks to seek ideas on boosting educational outcomes for indigenous populations.
April 30, 2012
Female Winner
Chelsea Tanille Garcia - Softball
April 29, 2012
Male Winner
Victor Olayemi Ojeleye - Basketball
April 29, 2012
Opinion
Is George Zimmerman on Your Campus?
In the weeks leading up to the arrest of George Zimmerman, many people were shocked to find him on campus at Ohio State University. Of course, he wasn’t there in physical form, but his name and the phrase “Long live George Zimmerman” was written (presumably by a student) on the Frank W. Hale Black Cultural […]
April 29, 2012
International
Scholars, Administrators Urged to Develop Globally-focused STEM Programs
If program leaders want their STEM proposals to stand out at the National Science Foundation, think global and think collaboratively, two NSF officials said Friday at a conference on producing more globally-minded STEM students.
April 29, 2012
African-American
Morehouse, Spelman Announce Partnerships with KIPP Charter School Network
Morehouse and Spelman Colleges become the first HBCUs to partner with a national network of charter schools to guarantee admission to low-income students.
April 29, 2012
Latinx
Making Diversity a Priority at Purdue
Under the leadership of Dr. France CĂłrdova, Purdue University has nearly doubled the ranks of tenured and tenure-track minority women faculty in STEM disciplines over the past five years.
April 29, 2012
Opinion
Will I Ever Wear My Hoodie Again?
I didn’t ever think my hoodie would become a modern day fashion piece or a source of social unrest and discord. Well it appears that it has become both! Would you have given any thought to the idea that this piece of clothing attire would become a must-have item. I am an old school guy […]
April 26, 2012
African-American
While FAMU Graduation Expected to Inspire, Hazing Controversy Lingers
When Florida A & M University holds graduation ceremonies Saturday for an expected 1,300 prospective graduates, much attention will be focused on senior Nicholas E. Young.
April 26, 2012
International
International Education Workshop Focuses on STEM Internships, Work Abroad Programs
Academic officials attending a workshop hosted by the Institute of International Education were urged to develop STEM-focused work abroad programs such that students can achieve benefits that can be measured.
April 26, 2012
Sports
NCAA Board Votes To Slow Down New APR Rules Implementation
NCAA Division I Board of Directors voted Thursday to slow the planned implementation of the intercollegiate sports governing organization’s new academic eligibility rules.
April 26, 2012
Home
UNC Students Drawn to Obama’s Own Story on Debt
To many students at UNC-Chapel Hill this week, President Barack Obama was someone who understood their burdens of carrying college loans.
April 25, 2012
African-American
Fayetteville State University Team Wins Business Plan Competition
A Fayetteville State University team captured first place in the annual Opportunity Funding Corporation’s Venture Challenge with a business plan for a thermoelectric device that can charge cell phones.
April 25, 2012
Home
Activist Says College Campuses Can Facilitate Interfaith Movement
Higher education institutions should serve as models of interfaith cooperation, interfaith proponent Eboo Patel stressed Wednesday at a Georgetown University symposium.
April 25, 2012
Opinion
Black and White: Making Cross-Race Mentoring Work and Work Well
Note: This post is co-authored with Ufuoma Abiola, a current graduate student in the Higher Education program at the University of Pennsylvania. Mentoring can be defined as a long-term relationship between a more experienced individual and a less experienced person that fosters the mentee’s professional, academic, or personal development. Mentoring can enrich the lives of […]
April 24, 2012
African-American
Tennessee Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeal on Fisk University Art
Fisk University cleared a major hurdle in its bid to sell half ownership in its prized Stieglitz Collection of art and photos, when the Tennessee Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the state’s attorney general to halt the sale.
April 24, 2012
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