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Report: Low-income Students ‘Overrepresented’ at For-Profit Colleges
After analyzing publicly available data, IHEP finds that fewer low-income students are choosing public, four-year institutions—and more are defecting to for-profit colleges.
June 21, 2011
Students
National Urban League, Brady Center Team Up with Plaxico Burress to Prevent Gun Violence
The former wide receiver for the New York Giants will help educate and send an anti-violence message particularly among young people.
June 21, 2011
Opinion
Preparing for Life After High School
Millions of students are graduating from high school this graduation and will be opening a new chapter in their lives. Along with opening the new chapter, many students will have some reflective thoughts. There will be some who will conclude that high school was a training ground for things to come. While others will finally appreciate the value […]
June 20, 2011
Latinx
Pennsylvania Legislation Seeks In-state Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Undocumented immigrants would qualify for the less expensive in-state tuition rates at Pennsylvania universities if they meet residency requirements included in proposed legislation introduced Monday.
June 20, 2011
STEM
Hope and Uncertainty as University of New Orleans Looks To Leave LSU System
Uncertainty remains at the University of New Orleans, which opened 52 years ago as an arm of Louisiana State University and is preparing to leave the fold.
June 20, 2011
Students
Averting Deportation, Undocumented Student Realizes DREAM
After political intervention by federal officials leads to withdrawal of deportation order, community college graduate pursues studies to become civil engineer.
June 20, 2011
Leadership & Policy
LSU Looking at Adding Louisiana Tech to its University System
Louisiana State University Chancellor Michael Martin says that adding Louisiana Tech University to the LSU System could make for a stronger flagship university in Baton Rouge.
June 19, 2011
Sports
NCAA Forum Aims to Increase Minority Head Coaches
Seven African-American coaches, including three former NFL players, participated Friday in The Champion Forum, the top tier of the NCAA’s coaching academy, during a weeklong convention of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.
June 19, 2011
African-American
Perspectives: Think ‘Glocal’
Today’s students must mimic ancient scholars who traveled to centers of learning in distant regions to exchange ideas and encourage innovation.
June 19, 2011
African-American
UNCF Green Building Institute Focuses on Helping Schools Find Funds, Save on Costs
Obama administration officials and environmental and finance experts advised at the UNCF Building Green Learning Institute on how UNCF campuses can enhance sustainability measures within buildings while saving on costs.
June 19, 2011
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Pew Research Study: Dads Spending Much More Time With Children
The percentage of American fathers who live apart from their children has doubled over the last half-century; however, many of today’s dads are spending more than twice as much time with their kids as they did back then.
June 16, 2011
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Perspectives: Bridging the Research-Practice Gap
There is a cultural divide between diversity practitioners and academic researchers—ironic, given our professional focus on cultural divides, two diversity experts write in their inaugural Diverse column.
June 16, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Until the Needle Breaks
Four top scholars discuss the enduring musical legacy of Motown records.
June 16, 2011
Opinion
Partnering Across Institutions and Race for Urban Teacher Preparation
As educators who work to prepare teachers, particularly for urban schools, we believe that pre-service teachers’ earliest field experiences in classrooms have a profound influence on their professional trajectories. We’ve seen pre-service teachers respond to urban field experiences in a variety of ways. We’ve seen some develop a visceral commitment to educational justice in city […]
June 15, 2011
Students
Northwestern University Journalism Professor To Retire
A renowned Northwestern University journalism professor whose students helped free wrongfully convicted prison inmates—but whose methods have been under scrutiny—will retire this year, the school announced Monday.
June 15, 2011
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State College Association Training Program Offers Support, Guidance to Ambitious College Administrators
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities closed its four-day Millennium Leadership Initiative with an excursion to Capitol Hill, where participants—a diverse group of university administrators—lobbied on behalf of their respective colleges.
June 15, 2011
Students
College Mentoring for Access and Persistence Program Gives Graduating High School Seniors a Boost
What started as a group of high school students who stopped by for pizza and soft drinks at a monthly meeting with mentors from the Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young has turned into the College MAP program’s first cohort of polished college-bound seniors.
June 15, 2011
Faculty & Staff
National Faculty Group Takes Two New Orleans Universities Off Censure List
The University of New Orleans and Loyola University of New Orleans have been removed from a national academic group’s censure list.
June 14, 2011
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