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Latinx

La Raza Program Seeks To Boost Hispanic College Student Retention

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jafet Carrasco doesn’t know anyone who has been to college besides his teachers. He hears people talk about credit hours, but he’s not sure what they are. And he knows college costs money, but not how much.

November 21, 2006

Students

Alumni Fight Grambling Admissions Standards

Plans to impose new admissions standards for Grambling State University freshmen are being challenged…

November 15, 2006

Students

Education Report Draws Fire From Own Committee

A major restructuring of financial aid and greater accountability for colleges are two major themes…

July 26, 2006

Students

Financial Aid, Accountability Focus of Federal Panel, But Not Diversity

A major increase in need-based financial aid — plus more accountability for colleges — are among the major themes of a blue-ribbon federal panel’s draft report on higher education reform that focuses relatively little attention on diversity.

June 26, 2006

Students

Hispanic Sorority Members Adjust Better in College, Says Study

Students of all races often have trouble adjusting to college life. The adjustment period is sometimes even more difficult for minority students. But according to a new study…

March 22, 2006

Recruitment & Retention

Keeping Up With Emerging Technologies

We are on the brink of March Madness with a special edition on higher education information technology. Our focus on technology, which began as a special issue in…

March 8, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Culture Clashes in the South

The cover story for this edition, “Swept Into the Background,” looks at one of the under-reported…

December 14, 2005

Students

New Survey Finds Students More Satisfied with Financial Aid Services, Less Happy with Tuition Costs

Are today’s undergraduates getting more for their money, given the rising costs of higher education…

December 4, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Grants & Awards

The Art Center College of Design (Calif.) has been awarded a $75,000 Architectural Conservation Grant from the Getty Foundation, the philanthropic division of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles, to support conservation planning for the Craig Ellwood building, located at the Art Center’s Hillside Campus. The California State University, Northridge Cinema and Television […]

October 19, 2005

Students

Key to Student Retention — Strong Advising

Thirteen percent of freshmen in public four-year institutions will drop out by the beginning of their sophomore year, according to the National College Dropout and Graduation Rates report released recently. Story:

August 24, 2005

Students

A First, More Than Half of University of New Mexico Freshmen Are Minorities

A First, More Than Half of University of New Mexico Freshmen Are MinoritiesALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  Minority students make up just over half of new freshmen at the University of New Mexico (UNM) for the first time in the school’s history. UNM enrolled a record 3,086 freshmen this fall. That includes 1,550 Hispanics, American Indians and other […]

December 15, 2004

Students

Keeping Students Afloat

Keeping Students AfloatNoel-Levitz awards recognize retention programs that generate resultsBy Crystal L. KeelsSink or swim. That has been the prevailing climate of higher education in the past — students will either find their way through, or find their way out of institutions of higher learning. But since roughly the late 1980s and through the 1990s, […]

October 20, 2004