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Expanding Access

There’s no question that the United States lags behind most industrialized nations in consumer access to broadband Internet service…

March 7, 2007

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Expanding Access

There’s no question that the United States lags behind most industrialized nations in consumer access to broadband Internet service. For many policy makers and activists…

March 7, 2007

International

Degree Discrimination?

Last fall, the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C., hosted a workshop on the Bologna undergraduate degrees in Europe…

March 7, 2007

Students

Hed: Bringing a Unique Perspective

The University of New Mexico is building a multimillion-dollar health policy center to increase American Indian and Hispanic scholars’ involvement in national health policy research and development.

February 27, 2007

Leadership & Policy

A Pathway to Success

With the total price tag of a bachelor’s degree from a top-tier U.S. college or university hovering around $150,000…

February 21, 2007

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Cornell University Initiative Seeks To Broaden Diversity in Computing

In an initiative supported by a $600,000 National Science Foundation grant…

February 21, 2007

Students

Grants & Gifts

Benedictine University (Ill.) and the College of DuPage (Ill.) will use a three-year, $199,952 grant from the National Science Foundation to help introduce biocalculus to more two- and four-year students at the two institutions. The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $500,000 grant to the North Alabama/Southern Tennessee region for the Second Generation of […]

February 21, 2007

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Data on Minority Achievement Gaps Vital for Progress, Say Educators

WASHINGTON, D.C. Chief Justice John Roberts recently wrote, ‘It’s a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.’ The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation convened a group of scholars to debate whether Roberts is right and what his sentiment implies for the No Child Left Behind and other initiatives designed to close the achievement gap.

February 12, 2007

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Grants & Gifts

Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded $25 million each to Butler University (Ind.) and Purdue University (Ind.) to improve pharmacy education, outreach and research at the two institutions. Butler plans to use the grant to expand its public health initiatives and create more opportunities for students and faculty to work with minority populations. Purdue plans to […]

February 7, 2007

Community Colleges

New College Access Campaign Teaches Students To “KnowHow2GO”

With only 9 percent of low-income students completing college by age 24, compared to 75 percent from high-income families, a coalition of higher education advocates today will launch a new multi-media campaign to clear up misconceptions and show poor students that college is within their reach.

January 16, 2007

Students

Grants & Awards

Elizabeth City State University (N.C.) has received a $400,000 gift from Melvyn and Vonda Riley, the largest alumni donation in the university’s history. Melvyn Riley graduated from ECSU in 1961, while Vonda Riley graduated in 1965. The gift will be used to support athletic scholarships. The University of Hawaii’s School of Social Work has received […]

January 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Tuskegee’s Time

From its earliest years, Tuskegee University, known initially as Tuskegee Institute, navigated the higher education landscape…

December 27, 2006