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Wisconsin Regents Consider Rewriting Admissions Policy To Include Race, Income

MADISON, Wis. A proposed rewrite of the freshmen admissions policy for the University of Wisconsin System would de-emphasize class rank and give greater weight to nonacademic factors such as race and income.

Leadership & Policy

Spellings: Use Accreditation to Hold Colleges Accountable

The nation needs a more accountable higher education system that includes a stronger accreditation process with more information about the quality of colleges and universities, U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said Wednesday.

Graduation Rates Drop As Schools Take On More Low-income Students

Graduation rates drop systematically as the size of an institution’s low-income student population increases, even at selective four-year colleges and universities, according to a recently released report from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics.

Faculty & Staff

Murder, Fear Follow Iraqi Professors On Campus

BOSTON Violence and lawlessness in Iraq is “dismantling” the country’s higher education system and creating a climate of terror on campuses, according to Iraqi professors who attended the Middle East Studies Association’s conference Sunday.

Operation STEM

For the first time in the 30-year history of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science…

UC Professors Propose Diversity-focused Admissions Changes

A group of University of California professors on Friday proposed changing the way the UC system admits students by putting more emphasis on an applicant’s personal background.

Savannah State President Stepping Down

Dr. Carlton E. Brown, who has overseen the growth of Savannah State University’s endowment, enrollment and academic offerings over the last nine years, announced this week he is stepping down as president to run a special initiative of the University System of Georgia.

Systemic Change in Higher Ed Needed to Achieve Truly Diverse Academy

PHILADELPHIA Higher education needs systemic institutional change in order for colleges and universities to become truly diverse and multicultural.

Community Colleges

California Educators Hail 25 Percent Drop in Community College Fees

The recent drop in enrollment fees at California’s community colleges is being praised by educators throughout the state. The drop in fees – which comes after years of years of dramatic increases leading to system-wide drops in enrollment – is expected to boost enrollment among low-income and underrepresented students.

African-American

Enrolling In Hip-Hop 101

After all the students make their way into the lecture hall, the professor slips the audio CD into the stereo system…

Faculty & Staff

The End of a Journey

Tennessee’s desegregation case comes to a close with all parties in agreement that the state has finally eliminated all vestiges of racial segregation in its higher ed system.

African-American

Scholars: Slavery’s Legacy Present in Current Policies, Social Customs

WALTHAM, Mass. A few hundred people spent a day and a half at Brandeis University this week discussing a subject that most people generally avoid: slavery. The conference focused on overcoming the present “religious and sexual legacy” of the Atlantic slave trade and systems of bondage embedded in the original teachings of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

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