KATTI GRAYHomeLinguists And Tribe Members Work To Restore Native LanguagesEfforts are being made to preserve tribal languages across the country.November 29, 2012StudentsEducation Leaders Say System Needs Overhaul From Kindergarten Through CollegeU.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says containing college costs, increasing the number of students who earn degrees and limiting time for students receiving government aid are areas of focus.October 23, 2012HomeGoal of Increasing Diversity in Medical School Becoming RealityA cartoon may have been the spark that launched the project, but the We Are Doc McStuffins Project & Artemis Medical Society’s work is no laughing matter. The groups are urging more students of color to pursue medicine and finding ways to put medical school within their reach.October 8, 2012LatinxSetting the Record Straight on Latino Political ParticipationScholars discuss myths over how the surge in Latino population in the U.S. is reflected at the ballot box.October 1, 2012African-AmericanCommemorating the Frank Hale LegacyOhio State’s Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center is a rarity in academia, as was its namesake, who helped mentor dozens of African-American Ph.D. students at the Columbus, Ohio-based flagship university.July 25, 2012HomeCovering the UndocumentedDocumentary maker Catherine Orr produced “Dreams Delayed,” to tell the story of college access for undocumented immigrants in spite of an oft-fractious immigration debate.June 19, 2012STEMSTEM Program Helps Women STEM Faculty Members Navigate AcademiaUniversity of Chicago and Northwestern University collaborate in a program that guides women in STEM fields.May 3, 2012STEMSTEM Diversity Innovator to Lead Missouri UniversityDr. Cheryl Schrader, recently named the chancellor of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, focuses on getting ‘underprepared’ students to pursue STEM paths.March 22, 2012HomeJohns Hopkins Launches Study of Genetic Drivers of Asthma in BlacksAn international team of scientists is undertaking a groundbreaking, $9.5 million study of the genetic coding of Black asthmatics, a group that constitutes a fifth of all Blacks in the United States.February 29, 2012StudentsArkansas Scholar’s Learning Project Helps Boost Academic Performance of Elementary, Middle School StudentsHendrix College historian and education professor James Jennings launched achievement gap initiative in elementary schools and middle schools in Arkansas’ Mississippi river delta region to narrow learning gap for children living in the state’s poorest counties.October 4, 2011Previous PagePage 4 of 6Next Page