Jamaal Abdul-AlimHomeFor Undergrads, Peers Play Key Role in Degree AttainmentA recent study shows that when it comes to getting through two-year colleges, individual ability is key.October 15, 2015HomeLegacy of Jim Crow Beneficial to Black StudentsAccording to a new research paper, the fact that African-American students are more likely than white students to enroll and make good grades at University of North Carolina institutions can be “explained entirely” by a remaining legacy of the Jim Crow era.October 5, 2015African-AmericanControversy over Flying Confederate Flag in Public Places Not WaningHistory professor says as long as the Confederate flag continues to fly in public spaces, it signals that the sense of democracy in the United States is “hollow” and does not extend to all people.September 28, 2015StudentsSame-race Student/TA Relationships Result in Better PerformanceStudents perform better in classes taken with teaching assistants who come from the same racial background, according to a new paper that purports to be the first ever to examine TA-student race relations.September 21, 2015StudentsNew Analysis Calls for Increased Scrutiny of Accrediting AgencyThe analysis states that, while ACICS’ performance is worse than that of its peers, its problems are “emblematic of larger structural flaws that exist in this national accreditation space.”September 8, 2015StudentsExpert: Don’t Get Bogged Down in ‘Hiring Funnel’Despite the growing number of websites designed to connect college graduates to jobs, job seekers should focus on alternative ways to get in contact with the people who hire and fire.September 3, 2015HomeStudents Not Prepared for Careers in Computer ScienceDespite the growing number of jobs that rely on computer science, significant portions of U.S. students never get to take a computer science class at the K-12 level because their schools don’t offer them.August 24, 2015HomeJazz Studies Reborn at Rutgers UniversityWayne Winborne, the new executive director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University — Newark, is transforming the jazz studies program at Rutgers University.August 23, 2015HomeStudy Strikes at Core of Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship ProgramWhen it comes to increasing the number of underrepresented minority students who complete their Ph.D.s, the initiative was found to have “no significant effect.”August 17, 2015StudentsScholarships Open Door to College for Children of Incarcerated ParentsAva’s Grace is one of a small number of organizations that provides scholarships for children of incarcerated parents.August 16, 2015Previous PagePage 34 of 80Next Page
