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Faculty & Staff

College Prep Summer Programs Target Talented, Low-Income Students

Elite colleges team up to give talented yet impoverished youths the skills necessary to apply, gain admission and thrive at the nation’s most selective higher education institutions.

November 3, 2011

Faculty & Staff

National Science Foundation Reports Low Minority Representation on STEM Faculties

Minority doctoral holders are still poorly represented as faculty members within the ranks of American academe, a new study says.

October 17, 2011

Faculty & Staff

CSU-Northridge, UCLA Researchers Try To Harness Brain-Computer Interface Technology for Wheelchairs

The technology has the potential to provide a new degree of freedom to disabled users.

September 20, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Advocates Voice Caution on Community College Study

Although a new study has found that underrepresented community college students fare better in classrooms with an instructor of their ethnic background, diversity leaders warn the study is too limited in scope to draw any solid conclusions.

September 12, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Lincoln University Aims to Strengthen STEM Programs Through Teaching, Research

When Dr. Ivory Nelson became president of Lincoln University in 1999, the  trained chemist declared that he would make scientific research and education one of his greatest priorities.

August 24, 2011

Students

Perspective: Top Five Ways Universities Can Innovate To Thrive

America’s colleges and universities are facing a period of “disruptive innovation,” with new ideas and technologies potentially sweeping away established institutions.

August 2, 2011

Students

HBCUs Rally to Help State University of Haiti Recover From Earthquake

A dozen historically Black colleges and universities have formed a consortium to help rebuild the earthquake-damaged State University of Haiti, the Caribbean country’s largest institution of higher education.

July 31, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Harvard Professor Resigns After Misconduct Probe

A Harvard University psychology professor has resigned more than 10 months after a faculty investigation found him “solely responsible” for eight instances of scientific misconduct at the Ivy League school.

July 20, 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

Faculty & Staff

Scholars Grapple With Globalization’s Dark Side – Human Trafficking

Whether lured in, kidnapped or sold by their families, modern slavery represents a big, old problem in a new, smaller world.

May 25, 2011

Students

UNCF Study Shows HBCUs Chosen for Small Faculty-Student Ratio, Sense of Belonging

Study authors report that attending HBCUs allows students to “benefit from positive cultural experiences around being Black that they may not have received during their formal elementary and secondary education experiences.”

April 18, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Cornell University Provost Blasted for Plan to Move Africana Center

Controversial plan to embed Africana Studies and Research Center in College of Arts and Sciences rankles students, faculty at Cornell University.

April 17, 2011