Jamaal Abdul-AlimHomeAt Excelencia, Experts Discuss Ways to Boost Latino Recruitment and RetentionExcelencia’s annual Accelerating Latino Student Success (ALASS) Workshop kicks off with an awards banquet in Washington.October 3, 2012African-American‘Hoodwinked’ Finds More Black Men in CollegeFilmmaker Janks Morton revisits the question of whether there are more Black men in jail than there are in college.October 2, 2012StudentsProfessors Navigate Social Media Boundaries in Providing Effective Counsel to StudentsScholars discuss appropriate social media interaction with students they teach at a Howard University conference September 27-28.September 30, 2012African-AmericanReport: Black Graduate Student Enrollment UpIn a significant one-year change that scholars say deserves more scrutiny, first-time graduate school enrollment among African-Americans rose in 2011, according to a new survey released Thursday by the Council of Graduate Schools.September 27, 2012HomeSocial Science Research Group Deems Race-conscious Admissions Most Effective Path to DiversityThe U.S. Supreme Court should continue to allow the narrow use of race in college admissions because it achieves diversity in ways that race-neutral policies cannot, a group of social science researchers argued Thursday.September 27, 2012Faculty & StaffHBCU Week Conference: Black College Leaders Counseled on Federal Contracting, Grant OpportunitiesExperts told HBCU leaders that to win federal grants and contracts means administrators must have a realistic sense of their school’s capabilities, hire faculty with a vision to conduct research, and be willing to remedy shortcomings in their proposals.September 26, 2012HBCUsHBCU Week Conference: Black College Leaders Urged to Improve Institutional PerformanceIn a session on trusteeship, HBCU trustees and administrators are challenged to attract donors in a time of declining revenues by discarding old ideas about uplift and focus on boosting productivity and performance in ways that rival the most prestigious institutions.September 25, 2012Faculty & StaffBiology Professor Named Project Kaleidoscope DirectorBiology professor Kelly Mack was appointed to serve as executive director of Project Kaleidoscope — an initiative that focuses on building strong undergraduate programs in the STEM fields.September 24, 2012HomeSAT Scores Dip Slightly, Test Taker Diversity Edges UpwardThe more than 1.66 million students who took the SAT in 2012 were the most diverse group of students in the college entrance exam’s history, but the mean scores in critical reading and writing dropped by a single point, a College Board report released Monday shows.September 24, 2012HomeForum: Scholars Explore Affirmative Action’s Impact on Higher EducationAt a Brookings Institution forum on affirmative action, economist Glenn Loury urged higher education institutions to seek diversity as the “unfinished business of dealing with the consequences of our racial history.”September 23, 2012Previous PagePage 57 of 80Next Page
