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Tag: African-American Students
Community Colleges
The Early Impacts of COVID-19 on the Community College Student Experience
To help community college leaders understand what their students were experiencing, the Center for Community College Student Engagement offered a free online survey focused on how students were managing all the changes that came with the pandemic. The survey asked students about the information and support they were receiving from their college and from their instructors, the challenges they were facing as a result of the sudden transition to online classes, and their level of concern regarding food and housing security.
July 10, 2020
African-American
Monmouth U to Remove ‘Controversial’ Woodrow Wilson’s Name From Building
New Jersey-based Monmouth University said it will remove the name of “controversial politician” Woodrow Wilson from one of the main buildings on campus in an effort toward “ensuring a diverse and inclusive community.” Woodrow Wilson Hall will now be called Great Hall at Shadow Lawn; it was called Shadow Lawn when it was built in […]
June 22, 2020
Students
Trump Vetoes Move to Ease Loan Forgiveness for Defrauded Students
President Donald Trump late on Friday vetoed a resolution that would have made it easier for students defrauded by for-profit schools to get their student loans erased.
May 31, 2020
Students
Rutgers CMSI and The Whether Host Virtual Entrepreneurship Program for HBCU Students
To increase the number of historically Black college and university (HBCUs) students pursuing entrepreneurial career paths, the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) partnered with mentorship network The Whether to create the Mary Ellen Pleasant Entrepreneur (MEPE) fellowship program.
May 5, 2020
African-American
Clark Atlanta Chose Me
“I didn’t choose Clark, Clark chose me”. This is how Tennessee native Hali Smith describes her choice to attend Clark Atlanta University, a historically Black university (HBCU) in Georgia. This is her story.
January 17, 2020
Students
Reports: Underrepresented Students at Illinois Institutions Impacted by Budget Cuts
A recent period of higher education cutbacks in Illinois has created affordability and equity gaps for underrepresented students.
October 30, 2019
Students
Free College Education Talk Is Cheap, Invest Now to Diversify and Secure the Future of Elite Colleges
Some of the Democratic candidates for president spend a lot of time talking about free college education. This is a complicated and important issue, as too many students who should be in college cannot afford to attend, and many of them come from underrepresented groups. Low- and middle-income underrepresented students who are able to attend college are often supported by generous scholarships from elite schools that are under huge pressure to diversify their student bodies.
October 29, 2019
Students
NASA Offers Educational Program for Community College Students
For science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) community college students, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) offers the chance to see and experience those careers first-hand.
October 25, 2019
HBCUs
The Road to HBCU Self-Sustainability
Having been in the trenches of HBCUs for most of my life as a student, administrator and instructor, I know first-hand the difficulties our institutions face. I believe, however, that HBCUs have the capacity to turn around their fortunes.
October 23, 2019
Latest News
Study: Racial Discipline Disparities and Academic Achievement Gaps are Connected
National data shows consistent correlation between discipline disparities and academic achievement gaps for African-American students.
October 18, 2019
African-American
University of Georgia Moves to Name College of Education After Its First Black Graduate
University of Georgia’s presidential cabinet voted unanimously to name the school’s college of education after its first Black graduate, Mary Frances Early. The new name will now have to be approved by the Board of Regents. Early, 83, transferred to University of Georgia from University of Michigan in 1961. While she wasn’t the first Black […]
September 27, 2019
Students
Report Examines How Online For-Profit Institutions Impact Vulnerable Students
Online programs provided by for-profit institutions are known to focus their marketing and recruitment strategies toward vulnerable students that are low-income, African-American, veterans, women and are over the age of 25. A new report by the Center for Responsible Learning (CRL) assesses how these programs have affected these minority groups and what attracted them to online learning.
March 29, 2019
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