Jamal Eric WatsonDisabiltiesVega’s Poor Start Benefits At-risk PopulationPoverty isn’t some abstract idea to Dr. Desireé Vega, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars. She’s experienced it firsthand.March 7, 2017StudentsAchieving the Dream Promotes 7 Principles to Help Students SucceedSeveral thousand educators from nearly 265 community colleges throughout the nation are meeting this week to strategize over how best to support and enhance student success work at their respective institutions.February 22, 2017StudentsYale Removes Slave Proponent’s Name from Residence HallAfter a wave of student protests, Yale University announced over the weekend that it would remove the name of John C. Calhoun—a Yale alumnus—who was a proponent of slavery, from an undergraduate residence hall.February 12, 2017StudentsScholar Ramon Goings: No Time Like Present to Return to SchoolDr. Ramon Goings, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, sees the experiences of nontraditional-age students as a ripe area for study, even as he’s training graduate students to be leaders in education.February 1, 2017StudentsCollege Presidents Vow to Protect Students Amid Immigration CrackdownSeveral college presidents sprang into action, reassuring their students who are from the seven predominantly Muslim countries that President Trump temporarily banned from entering the United States that they would do everything to support them.January 29, 20172017Stimulating the MindJanuary 27, 20172017Unconventional RouteJanuary 27, 20172017Goings UpJanuary 25, 2017StudentsLumina Foundation Awards $716,700 Grant to Morgan StateIn an effort to bolster retention and increase graduation rates at Black colleges, the Lumina Foundation has awarded a grant of $716,700 to Morgan State University to implement initiatives that will increase completion rates and improve outcomes for historically underserved students. The Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Student Success Project, is a three-year $1.5 […]January 19, 2017StudentsActivists Get Head Start on Opposing TrumpThe activists rallying this past weekend called for criminal justice and police reform and urged policymakers to safeguard the Affordable Care Act and funding for education.January 16, 2017Previous PagePage 4 of 32Next Page
