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DREAM Advocates: Guarded Optimism on New Immigration Policy
A recently issued immigration directive from the Obama administration could pave the way for more undocumented students to stay in the United States but falls short of the much-discussed DREAM Act offering such youth a pathway to citizenship, experts say.
October 5, 2011
Students
Vermont Law, Long a Holdout, Lifting Military Ban
The policy barring military recruiters dated from the mid-1980s, years before the Clinton administration adopted the policy that became known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” in 1993.
October 4, 2011
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Philosophy Professor Still Teaching after More than 60 Years at Texas Southern
A Texas Southern University professor of philosophy since 1949 and an educator for 66 years, 91-year old Dr. Thomas Freeman has taught and influenced generations of college students.
October 4, 2011
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Arkansas Scholar’s Learning Project Helps Boost Academic Performance of Elementary, Middle School Students
Hendrix College historian and education professor James Jennings launched achievement gap initiative in elementary schools and middle schools in Arkansas’ Mississippi river delta region to narrow learning gap for children living in the state’s poorest counties.
October 4, 2011
Latinx
Undocumented Students Face Obstacles Even After College
Many undocumented college students, and recent college graduates, have no immediate pathway to legal status and, under current federal immigration law, employers cannot legally hire them.
October 3, 2011
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Perspective: Hispanic Students at a Crossroads
More federal investments needed to ensure viability of HSIs, writes Dr. Antonio Flores, president and CEO of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
October 3, 2011
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Panelists Agree Compelling Evidence Needed To Make Case for Incarcerated Individuals To Regain Eligibility for Pell Grant
Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education, said more needs to be done to expand access to higher education to those behind bars when the GED is the highest degree attained by one-third of those in prison.
October 3, 2011
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Women of Color in STEM Fields
As a group, women are still the largest untapped talent pool for growing America’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, workforce. Women of color, in particular, remain greatly underrepresented in STEM disciplines despite a growing population of racial/ethnic minority groups and a growing number of women and minorities attending college. In an effort to […]
October 2, 2011
Community Colleges
Michigan’s Community Colleges See Fewer Students
Enrollment at Michigan’s 28 community colleges is down 4 percent compared with last fall, according to school data collected by the Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
October 2, 2011
Sports
Leading Black Artists Featured at Corcoran Gallery
The exhibit, “30 Americans,” will be on view through February. It features 31 artists, including Jean-Michel Basquait, Hank Willis Thomas, Kehinde Wiley and others. The 76 works come from Miami-based collectors Don and Mera Rubell.
October 2, 2011
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New House Bill Cuts Funds for HBCUs, Others
Funding for the Title III Strengthening HBCUs program would drop from $236 million to $152 million; Hispanic-serving institutions would face the largest cutback, as funding would fall from the $104 million to just $17 million in 2012.
October 2, 2011
Students
Education Secretary Arne Duncan Unveils Proposal Giving Responsibility to States to Identify Weak Teacher-Preparation Programs
The proposal also calls for using a $185 million state teacher preparation grant to reform the $110 million TEACH grant program.
October 2, 2011
Students
N.Y. Prosecutor: Better SAT Exam Security is Needed
The administrators of college entrance exams should make immediate security changes to stop cheating, said the prosecutor who has accused a college student of using a fake ID to take exams for six of his buddies, one of them a girl.
September 29, 2011
Community Colleges
Commentary: Campuses Can Take the LEED in Going Green
At a time when environmental issues are covered above the fold, it has been no surprise to see more stakeholders focusing on sustainability on campus, a community college administrator writes.
September 29, 2011
Health
AIDS Remains Public Health Challenge 30 Years After its Discovery
Three decades after AIDS was officially recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, experts reflect on efforts to eradicate the disease and to create awareness about how it is transmitted.
September 29, 2011
Sports
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars, 2015
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education sponsors the Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar Awards to honor undergraduate students who have excelled in the classroom as well as on the athletic field.
September 29, 2011
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Top 100 Degree Producers, 2014
For several years now, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education has produced the Top 100 Degree Producers rankings of the institutions that confer the most degrees to minority students.   Click the link above to discover the institutions that confer the most degrees to students of color.  Ranked institutions are searchable by institution name, state, discipline or race/ethnicity of graduates.
September 29, 2011
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Two Yale Researchers Win Coveted Presidential Awards
Two Yale University professors are among this year’s winners of a prestigious White House award for innovative research.
September 28, 2011
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