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African-American
New Bill Targets College Access, Academic Success in Low-Income Areas
Education leaders in the U.S. Senate want to promote college success in low-income communities through a new âcradle-to-careerâ educational support program in the nationâs highest poverty neighborhoods.
June 14, 2011
African-American
Symposium: National Intervention Urged for African-American Boys
A symposium titled âA Strong Start: Positioning Young Black Boys for Educational Successâ focused on the critical nature of the first nine years of life and was sponsored by the Educational Testing Service and the Childrenâs Defense Fund.
June 14, 2011
Home
2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress Shows Students Donât Know Much About U.S. History
Just 13 percent of high school seniors who took the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress, called the Nationâs Report Card, showed a solid grasp of American history.
June 14, 2011
Opinion
How To Succeed in a Tenure-Track Faculty Job
I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of third-year doctoral students of color this past week at Howard Universityâs Preparing Future Faculty Institute. Standing up in front of these future leaders made me incredibly happy. The faculty pipeline seems to be bright and talented. My talk to them focused on success and how to achieve it [âŚ]
June 13, 2011
Students
N.J. Student Aid Bid Rejected Due to Momâs Immigration Status
An American-born high school student from New Jersey has been denied state tuition assistance because her mother is an undocumented immigrant, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
June 13, 2011
Students
Michigan Two- and Four-Year Colleges Team Up To Boost Minority STEM Enrollment
In Michigan, the alliance builds on a five-year effort by the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University and Western Michigan University. Between 2005 and 2010, those universities increased the number of STEM bachelorâs degrees awarded to underrepresented minority students by almost 50 percent.
June 13, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Roboticist Dennis Hong Inspires Students To Change the World
Dr. Dennis Hong, a NASA Summer Faculty Fellow and two-time winner of the National Science Foundationâs Career Award for extraordinary teacher-scholars, said heâs gratified to have persuaded his students that robotics is its own form of service to science and to humankind.
June 13, 2011
Home
University of Oregon, African Nation Form Research Pact
The University of Oregonâs research partnership features mutual training of students from universities in Gabon and Oregon, as well as research collaboration on topics including ecotourism and environmental governance.
June 12, 2011
Latinx
More Hispanic Students Finishing High School
The percentage of Hispanic 18- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school and donât have an equivalent degree was 22 percent in 2008, down from 34 percent in 1998.
June 12, 2011
HBCUs
UNAIDS Summit Launches âCountdown to Zeroâ Plan; Nations With High Numbers of Pregnant Women With HIV Targeted
In a new report released by UNAIDS, advocates call for HIV and AIDS education as early as elementary school.
June 12, 2011
African-American
U.S., Foreign Higher Education Institutions Unite To Help Haiti
New consortium hopes to help Haitian universities recover and improve a year after earthquake.
June 12, 2011
Home
Study: Minority Youth Have Big Media Appetite
Minority youth spend more than half their day consuming media content, a rate thatâs 4.5 hours greater than their White counterparts, according to a Northwestern University report released Wednesday.
June 9, 2011
Leadership & Policy
From âPinch Hitterâ to Full-Fledged Starter
Wayne State University President Allan Gilmour brought in to turn around the flagging institution.
June 9, 2011
Students
IHEP Launches College Completion Coalition
The National Coalition for College Completionâmade up of civil rights organizations, businesses and student advocacy groupsâwill focus on increasing access to financial aid and building support networks for low-income students.
June 9, 2011
Students
University of Illinois Wants $100 Million for Scholarships
The University of Illinois hopes to raise $100 million through private donations for scholarships over the next three years to help make up for increasing tuition and shortfalls in state support for students who need help paying for college.
June 8, 2011
Sports
No More National Anthem at Pacifist Indiana College
A small Christian college with ties to the Mennonite Church has decided to stop playing âThe Star-Spangled Bannerâ at sporting events after some complained the songâs images of war undermined the schoolâs pacifist message.
June 8, 2011
Home
Commentary: Increasing the MBA Diversity Pipeline â Whatâs the Problem â the Pipe or the Line?
Cultivating an interest in business and business careers among historically underrepresented minorities has been a formidable challenge for the business community.
June 8, 2011
Students
Diversity Still Matters in Michigan
Five years since Proposition 2 dismantled Michiganâs race-based programs from state-funded institutions, schools still refuse to abandon diversity.
June 8, 2011
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