Jamaal Abdul-AlimSportsNHL, Thurgood Marshall Fund Announce Hockey ScholarshipsThe National Hockey League and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund have teamed up to offer new scholarships that will put an emphasis on targeting hockey-playing youths heading to public HBCUs.February 29, 2012STEMCollaboration among Colleges, Universities Urged as a Minority STEM StrategyNew report details how higher education leaders can implement programs that should increase minority participation in STEM fields without running afoul of the law.February 28, 2012African-AmericanPublic University Association, NASA Host Minority Male STEM SymposiumExperts on Tuesday say success of higher education STEM programs targeting minority men may depend heavily on enhancing the promise of financial success in STEM employment.February 28, 2012InternationalXavier University is First HBCU to Land a Confucius InstituteWhen officials at Xavier University of Louisiana secured the support they needed to start a Confucius Institute on campus, it helped the university become the first HBCU to land the program meant to promote Chinese language and culture.February 27, 2012African-AmericanOfficials Lead National African-American History and Culture Museum GroundbreakingIn a project hailed as a milestone in the nation’s history, President Obama joined celebrities, political luminaries and scholars Wednesday for the symbolic groundbreaking of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.February 22, 2012LatinxNASA-MUST Program Aims To Propel Students Into STEM DisciplinesLatinos are among the students targeted by the NASA-funded program that involves the Hispanic College Fund along with the United Negro College Fund, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, the Association on Higher Education and Disability and the Institute for Broadening Participation.February 15, 2012LatinxCivil Rights Project: California Maintains Segregated Community College SystemThe vast majority of Black and Latino students in California are being subjected to a “segregated” community college system where very few transfer to four-year institutions, researchers charged Tuesday as they released three reports.February 14, 2012Community CollegesPolicy Forum: Research Necessary to Explain Dual Enrollment’s Full Impact Among Low-Income StudentsWhile high school/college course enrollment programs lead to higher GPAs for some students, more research should develop a stronger link between the programs and post-secondary success, panelists asserted at a Washington forum.February 12, 2012African-AmericanReport: AP Courses Not Available for Black StudentsThe vast majority of 2011 Black high school graduates who could have excelled in an AP course never enrolled in one because they were either “left out” or went to a school that didn’t offer the college prep courses, the College Board reports.February 8, 2012HomeOpen Educational Resources Could Make Learning Materials Less Costly and More AccessiblePanelists say higher education will have to seek ways to adapt to OER environment, moving from traditional textbooks to digital resources.February 7, 2012Previous PagePage 66 of 80Next Page
