Jamaal Abdul-AlimAfrican-AmericanUNCF Breaks Ground in D.C. on New National HeadquartersIn a move to get close to the officials at the focal point of national education policymaking, United Negro College Fund President Michael Lomax formally announced plans Monday to relocate the organization to the nation’s capital.February 7, 2011StudentsConference: Independent Colleges Urged to Enhance Their AffordabilityAdministrators are told during national meeting that there are concrete steps that universities and colleges could take to make getting a degree more affordable for low-income students.January 31, 2011StudentsK-12 Science Proficiency Bottoms Out Among Nation’s High School Seniors; Blacks, Latinos at Lowest LevelsOnly about one-fifth of America’s high school seniors are proficient in science, and the rates of proficiency are even lower among minority students, according to the results of a national science assessment released Tuesday.January 25, 2011Community CollegesFederal Agencies Announce Community College Grant ProgramIn what is said to be one of the largest federal investments in community colleges ever, the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Education Department announced a long-awaited $2 billion competitive grant program Thursday meant to support programs that help students and “trade impacted” workers secure jobs in new and growing industries.January 20, 2011StudentsLack of Emphasis On Reading, Writing Impedes College Student Learning, Study SaysNew report from the Social Science Research Council says colleges are failing to enforce the fundamentals.January 17, 2011StudentsUniversity of Georgia Celebrates Desegregation AnniversaryGeorgia’s flaghip university has honored Charlayne Hunter-Gault and the late Hamilton Holmes over the past few days as faculty, alumni, students and others commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the desegregation of UGA.January 11, 2011LatinxEarly College Planning Essential for Latino Student Success, Experts SayTo ensure better college access and success for Latino students from low-income backgrounds, institutions should help them put together college plans as early as the eighth grade, according to experts at two Washington-area education events.December 9, 2010InternationalCIA Chief Leon Panetta, Federal Officials Urge Scholars To Help Improve Foreign Language Learning in U.S.To make the United States more globally competitive and secure from foreign attacks, the U.S. must radically transform the way it teaches foreign languages, federal officials told a gathering of foreign language educators at a University of Maryland foreign language summit.December 8, 2010StudentsSouthern U.S. College Graduation Rates Lag Behind National AverageA nuanced picture of college completion rates in southern U.S. states emerged Tuesday with the release of a study that shows most states trailing the national average—a trend that the report’s authors say could have negative implications for the region’s workforce and its increasingly diverse student population if things don’t improve.December 7, 2010StudentsGraduation Gap Between Black and White College Football Players Said To Be GrowingA sports diversity institute study says there is a “disturbing” and growing gap in the graduation rate between Black and White football players at the vast majority of universities in the Football Bowl Subdivision.December 6, 2010Previous PagePage 77 of 80Next Page
