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Study: Black Athlete Graduation Rises 24 Points Over 20 Years

The number of Black athletes getting diplomas across all NCAA Division I sports jumped 24 percentage points from 1984 to 2004, marking big gains for a demographic that once recorded just 35 percent graduation success…

April 5, 2006

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Going the Distance With John F. Ebersole

That we live in a brave new world of higher education technologies is an understatement. As the demographics of the postsecondary market continue to change…

March 8, 2006

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Demographic Dilemma

As he enters his last semester of law school at the University of New Mexico, Diego Esquibel remains convinced…

January 25, 2006

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Achieving Diversity on Campus: A Better Approach

The recent passing of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks reminds Americans of the long struggle we…

December 28, 2005

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Report: U.S. Hispanic Population to Surpass 44 Million in 2006

Geoscape International, a market intelligence group, unveiled its current and forecasted geo-demographic data at the Multicultural Market Intelligence Summit held Oct. 6…

October 6, 2005

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Bringing A Cultural Consciousness To the Classroom

GREELEY, Colo. The town of Greeley, perched on northern Colorado’s prairie, is like many other communities across the United States that are

October 5, 2005

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Dissecting Diversity

One of the major objectives at Diverse is to bring clarity and understanding to the most pressing issues that confront the higher education community. Story:

August 24, 2005

Latinx

Senate Approves Technology Bill For Minority-Serving Institutions

Institutions serving specific demographic populations got a few potential funding boosts from Congress recently. Story:

July 27, 2005

Students

Black Male Achievement And the Community College

Black Male Achievement And the Community CollegeBy Dr. Edward C. Bush and Dr. Lawson Bush The two-year college often represents Black men’s first experience with postsecondary education, and for many, their last opportunity for obtaining a degree beyond a high-school diploma. Yet a review of student performance data provided by the California chancellor’s office for […]

February 23, 2005

International

Demographics and Issues of Retention

Demographics and Issues of RetentionThe United States is “becoming a nation of multiple minorities with no majority group,” according to a recent study by the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. This demographic shift, therefore, poses opportunities and challenges to our national higher educational system.Higher education academicians are now concerned with issues of enrollment management; […]

October 20, 2004

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Getting In On The Act

Getting In On The ActOn the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Boston in July, most of the country, and the world for that matter, was introduced to U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama of Illinois.  Following his speech, political pundits, journalists, Republicans, Democrats and Independents praised this “newcomer” to the national scene. Obama […]

October 6, 2004

HBCUs

College Becoming Less Accessible For Underserved Groups, Studies Find

College Becoming Less Accessible For Underserved Groups, Studies Find Two influential Washington education advocacy groups are reporting that while much progress has been made in minority access to college in the last 20 years, higher education will become less accessible in the current decade.The American Council on Education (ACE) in its annual “Status Report on […]

November 5, 2003