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Forum Panelists: U.S. Higher Education Should Discard Outdated, Elitist Practices

Panelists at a Washington discussion charged that higher education remains trapped in a past where seat time, credits and courses count for more than student learning outcomes.

September 15, 2011

HBCUs

Commentary: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Are Vital to a Diverse U.S. Workforce

U.S. higher education does not have to operate as a zero-sum game where one type of institution wins and another loses, a UNCF senior vice-president writes.

September 6, 2011

Students

Lawsuit Charging AKA Sorority Financial Misconduct Allowed To Proceed

Eight suspended members of Alpha Kappa Alpha can sue the sorority and a number of its officers and directors alleging irregularities in the organization’s fiscal management, an appeals court has ruled.

August 29, 2011

LGBTQ+

CNN Journalist Soledad O’Brien Gives Voice to Ethnic Communities

The veteran journalist won the Edward R. Murrow Radio Television Digital News Association/UNITY award in 2010 for the documentary “Latino in America.”

August 23, 2011

Faculty & Staff

New York Public Policy Think Tank Zeroes In on Debate Over Dwindling Resources in Higher Education

Just as the debate over resources has simmered down with a debt deal in Washington, policy analysts heated things up at a forum in New York City over the precious resources in higher education.

August 3, 2011

Asian American Pacific Islander

Ellis Island Immigration Museum to Document the ‘Peopling’ of the U.S.

The Peopling of America Center will be rolled out in two phases, with the first chronicling migration patterns before 1892 and the second documenting post-1954 migration.

August 1, 2011

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Charter Schools and College Access

A small but emergent body of research suggests that enrollment in charter schools does increase a student’s chance of graduating from high school and going on to college.

July 28, 2011

Students

Raising the Bar on Diversity

Part two of three-part series — Allegheny College’s transformation emerges with dialogue, relationships and structural change.

July 27, 2011

African-American

Models of Success at Minority-serving Institutions

University of Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania are identifying best practices for retention at nine minority-serving institutions.

July 24, 2011

International

Interview: Joan Dassin, International Student Fellowship Program Leader

The Hechinger Report spoke with Ford Foundation’s Joan Dassin to get her thoughts on the foundation’s International Fellowships Program and what others can learn from the program.

July 20, 2011

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Census: Share of Children in U.S. Hits Record Low

Children now make up less of America’s population than ever before, even with a boost from immigrant families.

July 13, 2011

Latinx

Kellogg Foundation Pursues College Access Agenda

Tribal colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions are among beneficiaries of the foundation’s diversity-related efforts in U.S. higher education.

June 29, 2011