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Nation’s Governors Tackle College Completion Rates

Following President Barack Obama’s lead, the National Governors Association (NGA) has launched an initiative to increase the number of degrees and certificates awarded and to improve productivity at higher education institutions.

August 15, 2010

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Report: HSIs Key to Spurring Latino Movement Through STEM Pipeline

A Center for Urban Education (CUE) report argues that reversing the historic underfunding of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI) will increase the number of Latino students going into the science and technology fields.

April 6, 2010

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HBCU Case Study Documents How Schools Can Help Students Pay Back Loans

A new report released Tuesday called “Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed,” argues that institutions can work proactively to reduce default rates among former students.

February 22, 2010

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New GI Bill Brings New Challenges

With expanded education benefits for war veterans taking effect in August, public institutions anticipate having to cater to veterans’ unique needs.

July 22, 2009

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Lapchick on a Mission: Focusing on the Student in Student-Athlete

As the best of men’s college basketball converge in Detroit this weekend for the Final Four and the women’s game faces its National Championship test in St. Louis, it’s appropriate to take a moment and remember that these incredible players are students.

April 2, 2009

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UCLA Study Reveals Growing Gender Gap Among Hispanic College Students

UCLA Study Reveals Growing Gender Gap Among Hispanic College Students.

October 15, 2008

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Perspectives: Obama’s Election to Undercut Affirmative Action? Not a Chance

The title for this article was selected in response to this writer’s initial and continued uneasiness in relationship to the question posed by the title of a Diverse Online article of July 2, 2008, “Might Obama’s Success Undercut Affirmative Action?”

September 9, 2008

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Keeping the Tradition Alive

The relatively low percentage of Black students in jazz studies programs remains a topic of interest as scholars want to ensure that the musical culture of an earlier generation of African-Americans lives on.

August 6, 2008

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Expanding the Cultural Reach Of Environmentalism Through Diversity

In the fall of 2005, Yale graduate student Emily Enderle was asking some uncomfortable questions about faculty diversity at the university’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

March 4, 2008

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Hispanic Just the Stats: Picking the Right College

A college education is becoming more of the norm than in the past. However, choosing the right college or university setting can be a challenge, especially for students in minority- groups.

January 8, 2008

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Asian American Studies: A Harvard Aspiration

During the 1980s, Asian American students at Harvard University staged a noisy protest petitioning the university to hire an Asian American studies professor. Hundreds of student signatures were collected. No professors were hired.

December 19, 2007

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Nebraska Vote Sought on Affirmative-action Ban

LINCOLN Neb. A battle over affirmative action will be fought in Nebraska heading into the 2008 presidential election, part of a California group’s multistate plan to bar race and gender as a factor in hiring and admissions decisions.

November 14, 2007