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Harvardâs NCAA Berth is Schoolâs First Since 1946
Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said he has heard from Harvard professors and deans who have congratulated the former Duke player for leading the Ivy League team to the NCAA tournament.
March 8, 2012
STEM
Commentary: The Case for Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education
Of all Black, Native American, and Hispanic students who seek a STEM degree in their first college year, just 19 percent, 20 percent and 22 percent, respectively, graduate in a STEM discipline, UCLA researchers report.
March 8, 2012
African-American
Exploring Civil Rights History over Spring Break
Dozens of college students traveled to Alabama this week to participate in the annual commemoration of the âBloody Sundayâ organized by the National Action Network and other civil rights and labor groups.
March 8, 2012
African-American
South Carolina State President George Cooper Resigning at End of Month
The embattled president of South Carolina State University, Dr. George Cooper, is resigning at the end of the month.
March 7, 2012
Latinx
Graduation Study Finds Gains, Challenges for Latino Students
Latinos are making major strides in college completion although they continue to trail Whites, African-Americans and Asian Americans in several key areas, a new report says.
March 7, 2012
Sports
Big Time College Sports: Winning at all Costs
Higher education stakeholders express concern that many NCAA Division I institutions prioritize athletics revenue over student learning and degree completion.
March 7, 2012
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Ga. Senate Passes Immigration Colleges Bill
The legislation is aimed at barring undocumented immigrant students from state colleges, universities and technical schools.
March 6, 2012
STEM
Commentary: Programs Are in Place to Help Minorities Successfully Pursue STEM Graduate Degrees
At the federal level, the Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement, or RISE, program; Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program; and the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, or LSAMP, program play a significant role in improving underrepresentation in STEM disciplines and careers.
March 6, 2012
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Civil Rights Data Show Minority Students Often Face Discipline and Less Likely to Have Experienced Teachers
Department of Education officials stopped short of blaming the disparities on racism or poverty, pointing instead to schools and districts that had bucked the trend as evidence that elimination of the disparities is not an insurmountable task.
March 6, 2012
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Fighting Sioux Legal Fight Has Broader Impact
Separately, a supporter of the universityâs nickname and American Indian head logo said the boardâs stand has given momentum to a possible ballot initiative that would replace the board with an elected higher education commissioner.
March 5, 2012
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Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: The Paradox of Meritocracy
Emilio J. Castilla of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stephen Benard of Indiana University argue that meritocratic values and practices â if not implemented carefully â may actually increase bias rather than decreasing it.
March 5, 2012
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Senior Obama Administration Official Sees Major Role for Career, Technical Education
Among the nationâs approximately 175 million adults, 93 million are considered low-skilled Americans, said Martha Kanter, undersecretary of education.
March 5, 2012
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California College Students Protest Education Cuts
Hundreds of students blocked entrances to the University of California, Santa Cruz, and prevented cars and buses from entering the coastal campus.
March 4, 2012
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Commentary: Religious Diversity in Higher Education
In a country of growing religious diversity, we know that students will be regularly engaging across lines of difference in their professional and civic lives; however, Pew research shows that Americanâs knowledge about diverse religious traditions is dramatically low.
March 4, 2012
Asian American Pacific Islander
CUNY Adjunct Professor Mae Ying Chen âWalks the Walkâ
As one of 20 members of the unpaid panel advising the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Chen  is working to connect Asian immigrants and others in need with agencies that can help them.
March 4, 2012
African-American
Chronicling the Life and Career of a Higher Education Giant â Norman Francis
In this unique series, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education honors the life and career of Xavier University of Louisiana President Norman Francis. For more than four decades, Francis has led the private, historically Black, New Orleans-based university to exemplary accomplishment and achievement. Diverse recounts the challenges Francis faced and triumphs that are credited to his leadership. Please read and join the discussions at the end of each story in the series.ï»ż ENDPARAGRAPH
March 3, 2012
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ACLU Asks for Pennsylvania Probe of NYPD Muslim Monitoring
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania called on authorities to investigate the surveillance of Muslim college students by the New York City police.
March 1, 2012
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Higher Education Experts Cite Stimulus Funding Shortcomings
Experts at a New America Foundation forum recalled that higher education programs and policies enacted with stimulus funding in certain cases may have misfired.
March 1, 2012
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