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Latinx

Lumina Foundation Pushes for Higher Degree Attainment

The Lumina Foundation for Education’s “A Stronger Nation” report reveals the U.S. is not on track to having 60 percent of Americans hold degrees by the year 2025.

June 17, 2013

Students

Alabama A&M, J.F. Drake Reach Reverse Transfer Credit Agreement

The schools have entered into a reverse transfer credit agreement to enable Alabama A&M students who attended J.F. Drake to earn associate degrees.

June 13, 2013

Students

University, School District Cooperation Suggested to Produce Better Principals

In order to produce more effective principals, universities and school districts should form relationships in which both can serve each other’s needs.

June 6, 2013

Students

UNCF Student Leadership Conference Preps Students to Diversify Social Entrepreneurship, Financial Services Fields

The United Negro College Fund has pulled together students from two of its summer programs at its annual Student Leadership Conference with the aim of prepping them for internships and eventual entry into careers.

May 23, 2013

STEM

Link Diversity to Workforce Needs

While committed to increasing diversity among students, the higher ed community largely has failed to align those initiatives with specific workforce needs.

May 23, 2013

Faculty & Staff

University Presidents Say Elitism Can’t Be Part of Plans for Future

The presidents said it is paramount for institutional leaders to approach their jobs with the premise that the students admitted to their institutions will graduate.

May 21, 2013

Home

Report: California Higher Education Reforms Should Focus on State’s Working Poor

New study documents the challenges California faces in moving state’s poorest families from low educational attainment to higher education success to ensure the state has enough college graduates in its workforce.

May 8, 2013

Students

Group Aims to Demystify College for At-Risk Youth

Corrie Mills doesn’t usually run through the halls of Central High School, waving a piece of paper over her head. But this wasn’t a usual day.

May 5, 2013

Students

Turner Laid Foundation for African-American Studies

The prolific writer and scholar went on to hire and mentor young scholars in African-American studies.

April 28, 2013

Students

Minority Engineering Forum Examines College Affordability

During a research and policy forum organized Thursday by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering organization, officials convened panel discussions to explore college affordability.

April 11, 2013

African-American

National Urban League Calls Attention to Financial Aid Issues From African-American Perspective

The National Urban League has released a paper on financial aid to bring the views of African-Americans to a Gates Foundation-sponsored project on reforming the college financial aid system.

April 8, 2013

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Feds: Man Stole U.S. Cancer Data to Study in China

Hua Jun Zhao has been charged in a federal complaint with economic espionage, accused by prosecutors stealing academic research to pass off as his own in China.

April 3, 2013