Michelle J. NealyStudentsSpeaking of Student RetentionFresh off a speaking engagement at the National Dialog on Student Retention Conference, a one-and-a-half-day conference held in Atlanta, Dr. Rodrick Moore, director of multicultural student affairs at the University of South Carolina, discusses the unique retention challenges minority students face in today’s college climate and shares key strategies for retaining this growing group of students.June 12, 2008Asian American Pacific IslanderCollege Board Debunks “Model Minority” MythThere is no model minority group, and access to higher education remains as much of a challenge for many Asian Americans as it is for other underrepresented groups, researchers said Monday at a press briefing to release a groundbreaking report.June 9, 2008HomeUnderserved Students Make Progress at For-profit InstitutionsIn their first annual academic report, the University of Phoenix (UPX) asserts that its students, as a group, make significant progress in basic content areas between freshman and senior year.June 8, 2008StudentsBest & Brightest: Recent Graduate Beats the Odds to Foster a Better FutureTwo hundred people had gathered in the auditorium to hear her speak, but Tiffany Brooks, a 2008 graduate of San Francisco State University, only saw one of them, her foster mother Doris Peeler-Brown.June 5, 2008Faculty & StaffFlorida A&M Delegation Travels to Ghana to Establish Economic, Educational CollaborationsAs part of Florida A&M University’s expanded international focus, designed to prepare students to compete in a global society, officials at the historically Black university are looking to establish economic and development collaborations with African leaders as well as foster relationships to higher education institutions in Africa.June 3, 2008STEMNew Report Provides Policy Framework for States To Stem High SchoolLegislative action is imperative to better assist struggling students through high school and beyond, says Jobs For the Future (JFF), a nonprofit advocacy organization.May 22, 2008African-AmericanLani Guinier on MeritIn the keynote address to a symposium audience hosted by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at the University California, Los Angeles, Harvard Law School Professor Lani Guinier challenges the conventional assumptions about merit and the meritocracy of higher education.May 22, 2008HomeOpponents and Supporters of Affirmative Action Debate Use of Race in College AdmissionsA candid discussion on race-conscious college admissions policies and affirmative action ruffled feathers, as representatives from both sides of the issue met in Washington to debate whether colleges and universities could achieve significant diversity without using race or ethnicity as a factor in admissions decisions.May 21, 2008HealthFilm Scholar at the Forefront of a Women’s Sexual Health IssueGiovanna Chesler, a film professor, couldn’t have scripted a screenplay more provocative than the drama that recently unfolded in her own life.May 20, 2008Asian American Pacific IslanderReport: Ethnic Pride Has Mixed Impact on Asian Americans’ Ability To Deal With DiscriminationStrong ties to their ethnicity can reduce the negative effects of racism for some Asian Americans and intensify the negative effects of racism for others, according to a new report published by the American Psychological Association.May 18, 2008Previous PagePage 14 of 25Next Page
