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Study: No Clear Definition On Who is a First-Generation Student

Higher education institutions have made strides in identifying and assisting first-generation students, but the lack of a standardized definition of a first-generation student is negatively impacting how colleges and universities properly aid this group, according to a new study released Wednesday.

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Study: Diversity Still Lacking at FBS Institutions

University presidents, conference commissioners and athletics and campus leaders in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institutions are still mainly comprised by White men, according to a report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida (UCF).

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Study Reveals Bias against Female Basketball Players at HBCUs

A new study by a Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) professor indicates that women’s basketball teams at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are penalized at higher rates than teams from other institution types, suggesting that long-standing assumptions of racial bias in college athletics could be true.

Mexican-American Professor Aims to Be ‘Agent of Ethnic Mobility’

She was born to a mother who left school after the third grade to work. Her late father attended school in a one-room adobe house in the mountains of Mexico, but never finished.

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Debate Over Marching Band’s Name Triggers Study

Administrators at the University of North Alabama (UNA) are considering changing the long-standing name of its marching band after questions were raised this semester about its appropriateness, given the name’s link to the Confederacy.

Spelman Receives $5.4M for Art History and Curatorial Studies Initiative

Increasing diversity in museum curatorship is the basis of a new initiative at Spelman College established through the support of a five-year, $5.4 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation.

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Wood Uses Scholarship to Promote Advocacy

Growing up in the small town of McCloud, California, Dr. J. Luke Wood became interested in higher education after noticing the lack of diversity in the faculty and administration during his undergraduate years at the California State University, Sacramento.

‘Degrees When Due’ Initiative Supports Equitable Degree Attainment

With this week’s launch of Degrees When Due, a new three-year initiative by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), nearly 30,000 adult learners and college “stop-outs” are expected to complete their degrees within a year.

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Transitioning to Urban Education

After spending a decade at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. T. Elon Dancy II has joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh as the Helen S. Faison Chair and director of the Center for Urban Education.

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A Product of South Carolina

Despite his meteoric rise through the ranks of academia, Dr. James L. Moore III, isn’t shy about reminding anyone who he comes into contact with, that he’s a product of South Carolina.

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Survey Results Show Need for More Diversity in the Cybersecurity Field

More can be done to recruit women into the field of cybersecurity, according to a recent survey conducted by Champlain College Online, a private, regionally accredited institution

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New Study Outlines First-Year Programs at Two-Year Schools

A new, national survey study examined programs designed to help first-year students become acclimated to college life and offered suggestions on how these vital programs can be created at two-year institutions to better support students.

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