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Tag: Graduate Students: Page 3
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Study Reveals Notable Graduate School Enrollment Trends
The number of ethnic minority, first-time graduate students inched up from 2016 to 2017 while women earned the majority of graduate degrees for the eighth year in a row, according to the latest annual study by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Board.
October 2, 2018
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Institutions Actively Help Military Members and Veterans Earn College Degrees
Matthew Oliveira, who has been in the Coast Guard for 12 years and is currently stationed in South Carolina, knew that he wanted to finish his degree because it would make him more “marketable.” So in the fall of 2016, Oliveira enrolled as a student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in a fully online academic program that caters to adult students called University Without Walls (UWW).
September 5, 2018
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Sisters, Other-Mothers and Aunties: The Importance of Informal Mentors for Black Women Graduate Students at Predominantly White Institutions
Mentoring is paramount to the success of Black women pursuing graduate degrees. Unfortunately, mentors at predominantly White institutions who provide formal mentoring for Black women graduate students are few and far between.
July 10, 2018
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Writing Groups as Counterspaces for Black Women Graduate Students at PWIs
It is no secret that Black women graduate students are severely underrepresented at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). As a result, counterspaces that serve Black women specifically are needed now more than ever.
June 2, 2018
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Predominantly White Institutions, Black Women Grad Students and a Sense of Belonging
While predominantly White institutions should make deliberate efforts to address issues of a lack of sense of belonging among Black women graduate students, there are several strategies that the students themselves can use.
May 1, 2018
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Study Explores Challenges to Black Graduate Engineering Students
A new study that follows 21 Black men pursuing graduate degrees in engineering explores themes of structural racism, unfair treatment, unwelcoming environments and feelings of isolation.
April 10, 2018
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From Practitioner to Doctoral Student: Five Prep Strategies
Depending on how long it has been since you were in the classroom, transitioning to graduate school and doctoral studies will come with its challenges. However, there are some strategies that can help you prepare to ease this transition.
April 4, 2018
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Graduate Students Hopeful After Reported Elimination Of Tuition Waiver Tax
Graduate students across the country breathed a cautious sigh of relief as various reports indicated this week that the newly negotiated GOP tax bill will exclude the tax on graduate student tuition waivers.
December 14, 2017
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Graduate Students’ Path to Unionization Remains Rocky
While some expected a sudden and systemic shift toward unionization at the nation’s other prominent institutions following success at Columbia University, the transformation has been slow to materialize.
October 23, 2017
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Rutgers Grad Students Belatedly Receiving Summer Grants
As the fall semester begins at Rutgers University, hundreds of graduate students are only now receiving their summer funding.
September 20, 2017
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Scholar: Graduate Research Internships a Resource to Fill STEM Workforce Gap
Expanding opportunities for more students to take advantage of graduate research internships might address future workforce needs in the U.S. and alleviate some of the pressure that faculty face to supplement their rigorous research training with the teaching of, and exposure to, technical and professional career skills and opportunities.
August 30, 2017
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Yale Grad Students Pledge Hunger Strike to Press Union Bid
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — As a union push stalls at Yale University, organizers are stepping up pressure to bring the administration to the negotiating table, including a vow by some graduate students to go on a hunger strike until talks begin. Graduate assistants in eight departments at the Ivy League school voted in February to […]
April 26, 2017
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