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“No One Told Me…”

The hit Broadway play “In the Heights” centers around the story of Nina, a child of the barrio who is the first in her family to go to college, indeed to Stanford.

Stanford Study Says Academic Coaching Can Improve a College Student’s Graduation Chances

Students who receive one-on-one coaching may be more likely to graduate from college, according to a study released from Stanford University’s School of Education.

Dr. Eric Bettinger

Black College Conference Takes on Public Criticism of HBCUs

This year, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s professional institute conference has provided practical ideas and strategies to address major challenges facing HBCUs.

Georgia Technical College Students Required to Maintain B Average to Retain HOPE Funding

Thousands of working moms, laid-off factory employees and others who flocked to Georgia’s 26 technical colleges for job training because of the recession could lose the HOPE Grants that pay their tuition under changes the state is making to the cash-strapped program.

Gainful Employment Gets Another Look on Capitol Hill

Few solutions are offered and some argue there are bigger problems to tackle.

HBCU Sexual Assault Study Released

Often precipitated by the consumption of alcohol, attempted or completed sexual assaults directly affect about 14 percent of all female students on the campuses of historically Black colleges and universities, but the attacks often go unreported due to shame, guilt or fear.

IHEP Study: Graduation Makes a Difference in Avoidance of Delinquency on Student Loans

Specifically, the Institute for Higher Education Policy study found that only 22 percent of borrowers who graduated became delinquent without default, whereas 33 percent of those who left school without a credential became delinquent without default.

Two UCLA Professors Seek Campus Diversity Requirement

In the aftermath of a racially offensive Internet video, two University of Ca lifornia, Los Angeles professors are urging the administration to require diversity training for students in hopes of discouraging such incidents.

Hundreds Mark Institute for Recruitment of Teachers’ 20th Anniversary Milestone

Getting first-hand accounts of recruitment program’s success was easy as dozens of alumni gathered in Andover, Mass., to celebrate the IRT’s 20-year anniversary.

Study: Indians Studying in U.S. Wish to Return Home

A survey by Rutgers University, Pennsylvania State University and the India-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences found only 8 percent of the 1,000 Indian graduate students polled say they would strongly prefer to remain in the U.S. after completing their studies.

Satish Viswanath

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx: Limit Federal Role in Higher Education

House subcommittee chair plans to address oversight and regulatory issues in federal higher education spending.

Lumina Foundation president Jamie Merisotis

Conference: UC-Berkeley’s Equity Chief Gibor Basri Says Data Collection Key to Diversity Push

UC-Berkeley’s vice chancellor of equity and inclusion, Gibor Basri, says his efforts are focused on developing the Haas Diversity Research Center, which has seven endowed chairs and targets disparities in education, public health and economics.

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