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Yale Enhances Admissions Outreach to Low-Income Students
The Ivy League university is taking research-based practices and employing them directly to low-income high school seniors whom university officials would like to have applying for fall 2014 admission.
July 11, 2013
Sports
Moody’s Eyes Howard University Credit Rating Amid Troubles
Moody’s Investors Service is reviewing Howard University for a possible downgrade of its credit rating as the historically Black college faces financial challenges.
July 10, 2013
Students
Biden Going to Rhode Island to Honor Nuala Pell
Salve Regina University officials say Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Newport school in August for a celebration honoring Nuala Pell, the wife of late Rhode Island Sen. Clairborne Pell.
July 10, 2013
Students
Senate Fails to Keep Student Loan Rates Low
Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed to restore lower interest rates on student loans, again coming up short and perhaps signaling that undergraduates might really face rates twice as high as those of last year.
July 10, 2013
Faculty & Staff
We Have Come a Long Way on Racial Issues, But We Have a Long Way to Go
A few days ago, we were discussing the modern Civil Rights Movement in the five-week summer session course that I am teaching.
July 10, 2013
Opinion
Increasing Diversity in the Post-Fisher Era
Without more persons of color earning advanced degrees, there will remain an inadequate supply of underrepresented minority faculty, perpetuating a lack of diversity across college campuses.
July 10, 2013
Community Colleges
Report: ‘Quality, Coherence, and Transparency’ Critical to U.S. Skills Attainment
The New America Foundation convened education officials, labor market experts and others to assess findings by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on how Americans can better attain marketable skills.
July 10, 2013
Sports
Racial and Gender Report Card for College Sports Shows Mixed Results
When compared to the pro sports for which The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport publishes report cards, college sports lags behind all in racial hiring practices.
July 10, 2013
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Expert Says Education Leaders Need to Stick to Task
In order to improve persistence among diverse groups of students, higher ed leaders should shun rhetoric and research and attack the root causes of failure.
July 10, 2013
Community Colleges
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Hires Bartley for Advocacy Role
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund has hired Edith Bartley to oversee the organization’s public policy and government affairs initiatives.
July 9, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Ohio’s Chancellor University to Close in August
The Ohio institution that educated American businessmen John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller -Search using:News, Most Recent 60 DaysBiographies Plus Newsand Harvey Firestone is closing after 165 years of service.
July 9, 2013
Students
N.J. Programs Help Incarcerated Individuals Assimilate into College Life
Higher education institutions in New Jersey are helping create a model that broadens the educational prospects of individuals who are incarcerated while reducing the recidivism rates.
July 9, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Coppin State University Names New President
Coppin State University named Mortimer Neufville president on Tuesday following a vote by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents.
July 9, 2013
Students
Special Report: Top 100 Undergraduate Degree Producers
In Part 2 of the annual Top 100 Degree Producers editions, Diverse ranks the leading institutions awarding the most undergraduate degrees to minorities, as well as reporting on the successful recruitment, retention, and graduation of students.
July 9, 2013
Students
Southern University Collecting Yearbook Fees, But No Book Produced
A new audit says Southern University has been collecting student fees for a yearbook that hasn’t been produced for five years.
July 8, 2013
Students
New Help for First-Generation Students at Kansas State
A national program that aims to help first-generation college students stay in school is coming to Kansas State University.
July 8, 2013
African-American
Asiana Crash Exposes 21st Century Racism on Twitter
If you see the Internet as raceless, colorblind and digital, think again my friend. It’s a breeding ground for 21st Century racism. Witness the instances of the nearly instantaneous anti-Asian racist tweets soon after the Asiana Airlines crash this weekend. On social media, you can see the knee-jerky reaction. It’s racism in real time. Time […]
July 8, 2013
African-American
New Interim Executive Director Appointed for White House HBCU Office
Following the departure of Dr. John Wilson, the U.S. Education Department has named yet another interim executive director to run the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
July 8, 2013
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