Jamaal Abdul-AlimHomeStudy: Many Colleges’ Financial Outreach Coming at Pell Grant Recipients’ ExpenseMore colleges and universities are using their institutional aid to woo wealthy students who can pay instead of using it to help low-income students to make up the difference between what their federal Pell Grants cover and what it costs to go to college.March 16, 2016StudentsPoll: About Half U.S. Students Identify as ‘Hopeful’ and ‘Engaged’Only about half of U.S. students are “hopeful” and “engaged” in school, while the rest are either not engaged or actively disengaged and stuck or discouraged, according to an annual Gallup Student Poll.March 15, 2016Home9 Research Universities Receive Grants to Retain Low-income StudentsNine public urban research universities were awarded a total of $450,000 to launch or expand pilot “micro-grant” programs meant to prevent low-income college students from dropping out.March 14, 2016African-American11 Higher Ed Institutions Uniting to Boost Minority Students’ Grad RatesEleven institutions of higher education are joining an Education Trust-led initiative meant to improve graduation rates for underrepresented minority students.March 10, 2016HomeACE Survey: Policy Change not Widely Enacted to Address Campus Racial IssuesThe survey serves as a reminder that student-led efforts to root out racism and increase diversity on campus are likely to confront American college and university presidents for some time to come.March 10, 2016African-AmericanRecruitment and Retention Key in Diversifying Faculty at Public SchoolsA recent panel at Howard University explored the demographic mismatch between public school teachers and the students they serve.March 8, 2016StudentsHigher Ed Advocates Urge Democrats to Beef Up Pell GrantsWhen Congress moves to reauthorize the Higher Education Act—something it should have done years ago—it should include bigger Pell Grants that reflect today’s cost of college, several panelists testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill.March 2, 2016STEMLSAMP’s Progress in Diversifying STEM Workforce not Exact ScienceThe program has produced 509,954 holders of STEM bachelor’s degrees among underrepresented minority students but the number who have gone on to work in STEM has proven difficult to ascertain.March 1, 2016African-AmericanScholar: Racial Inequalities Rate More Critical LookAlthough the nation’s social policies and laws have evolved to the point where blatant racial discrimination against its Black population is largely a thing of the past, social scientists need to come up with better language that describes the racial inequalities that nevertheless persist.February 29, 2016African-AmericanEducation Expert: There’s Not Enough Follow Through on Equity PoliciesEstela Bensimon says that, despite the emergence of favorable policies meant to bring about more equity for Black and Latino college students, policies alone are not enough to do the job.February 28, 2016Previous PagePage 31 of 80Next Page
