Tag: Degree Attainment: Page 10

Asian American Pacific Islander

Report Provides Close Look at Diversity Among Asian American, Pacific Islander Students

College and university leaders should pay greater attention to the demographics of the growing number of their Asian-American and Pacific Islander students, a national commission urges.

October 11, 2011

African-American

White House Black College Leader Urges Development of HBCU Online Programs

HBCUs and the online learning community need to become “more married” to reach more African-American students, said Dr. John S. Wilson, executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.

October 6, 2011

Latinx

Perspective: Hispanic Students at a Crossroads

More federal investments needed to ensure viability of HSIs, writes Dr. Antonio Flores, president and CEO of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.

October 3, 2011

Students

Top 100 Degree Producers, 2014

For several years now, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education has produced the Top 100 Degree Producers rankings of the institutions that confer the most degrees to minority students.   Click the link above to discover the institutions that confer the most degrees to students of color.  Ranked institutions are searchable by institution name, state, discipline or race/ethnicity of graduates.

September 29, 2011

African-American

Leaders Sound Alarm for High School Class of 2012

During a Congressional Black Caucus panel discussion titled “The Class of 2012,” Florida Memorial University chief Henry Lewis said one of the biggest societal needs is for more students to get educated in the STEM fields.

September 25, 2011

Home

Forum Panelists: U.S. Higher Education Should Discard Outdated, Elitist Practices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

Students

Scholarship Fund Group Seeks Increased Support for Asian American-focused Minority-Serving Schools

Forthcoming report urges that resources should be targeted to Minority-Serving Institutions with high concentration of low-income students from the often “overlooked and underserved” groups of Asian and Pacific Islander students.

June 27, 2011

Students

Former Executive Neil Horikoshi Adds Capacity to Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund

Having spent two and a half years as president of the nation’s largest nonprofit organization devoted to giving scholarships to college-goers of Asian descent, Horikoshi has emerged as a national advocate for postsecondary access and equity for that population.

June 26, 2011

African-American

New College Board Research on Young Men of Color Stirs Demand for Action

While a panel discussion held by The College Board on Capitol Hill this week was meant to highlight a new report on the lagging rates of educational attainment among non-White men, some of the panelists questioned the need for more research on the subject.

June 22, 2011

Students

U.S. Education Department Official Urges Making Academic Credit Transfer More Efficient

In order to boost the rate of college degree attainment in the U.S., higher education leaders must make it easier for students to transfer credits from one type of institution to another, an U.S. Education Department official said Thursday.

June 2, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Policy Report Says Reform Critical to Viability of U.S. Higher Education

University of Virginia-based policy research center releases study that urges higher education leaders to revamp the way they do business and refocus on delivery modes that lead to higher rates of completion.

May 25, 2011

Home

Report: Income Inequality Poses Obstacle for Obama College Completion Drive

The U.S. will not reach the Obama administration’s goal of becoming the most college-educated country in the world by 2020 unless the country eliminates the income-based inequalities that cause a gap in degree attainment between rich and poor.

May 19, 2011