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Native Americans

State, UW Join Push for Tribal Center at Riverton College

Plans for a long-sought American Indian center at Central Wyoming College in Riverton have gotten a boost with the University of Wyoming joining the project and the state Legislature’s approval of $1.1 million in funding.

March 12, 2008

Technology: Connecting Students to Their Community Colleges

Community colleges have an extremely difficult job trying to connect with students, given that so many drive to campus only to attend class and then return home or to work after the class concludes.

March 4, 2008

From the Classroom to the Boardroom

When Thurgood Marshall College Fund officials discovered that corporations were not recruiting students at Black colleges as aggressively as students enrolled in traditionally White institutions, they sought a solution.

November 14, 2007

Colleges Offer Career Help to Alumni

Dozens of colleges and universities have begun offering career-counseling services not just to recent graduates but to thousands of alumni, including some former students who completed their degrees a decade ago or longer.

October 1, 2007

Filling technology’s massive talent gap

Technology partnership brings opportunities to students at Virginia HBCUs

July 14, 2007

A shopper’s market; economy brightens job picture for professional school graduates

Economy brightens job picture for professional school graduates

July 12, 2007

Graduating in prosperous times

When Ed Wrenn pursued a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems at Florida A&M University, the young Boston-area native kept an unwavering watch on the job market. During his time at FAMU, Wrenn estimates that he had contact with nearly one hundred potential employers about jobs after college. By fall 1997, his last semester at FAMU. Wrenn had five job offers to consider.

July 12, 2007

Summit Produces New Ideas For Improving Access For Needy, Minority Students

When Native students transfer to mainstream institutions, the biggest obstacles to overcome often involve the admissions office.

March 22, 2007

Access to College Means Access To Economic Mobility for America’s Underserved

At Baruch College, we use the phrase “the American Dream” a great deal. Indeed, as one of the most diverse institutions of higher education in the country…

March 7, 2007

Perspectives: When Minority Students Take Ownership of Their Education, Expect Great Things

The structure of higher education should be entirely re-imagined, permitting students opportunities to learn beyond classroom walls. Such a change would not only benefit all students, but would have profound positive consequences for first-generation and underrepresented minority students.

August 29, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Research Roundup: Meaningless Test Scores; Lucrative Patents Elude Female Scientists; Private Schools Really Are Better

Test scores and GPAs have limited value in predicting leadership skills, close interpersonal relationships and a sound sense of ethics; Female faculty apply for research patents less than men, although the gender gap is narrowing; Two researchers at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government say private schools have a distinct advantage over public schools, refuting a recent U.S. Department of Education study.

August 5, 2006

New GED Chief Faces Sagging Testing Rates Despite High Minority Dropout Numbers

Widely recognized as the equivalent to a high school diploma, the General Educational Development test…

July 25, 2006

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