Shilpa BanerjiSportsArthur Ashe Jr. 2008 FinalistsCliff Hammonds, who led Clemson University to its best basketball season in years, has also impressed his architecture classmates and professors — so much so that they recently created a Citation for Excellence for the senior’s ability to squeeze in basketball practice between drafting architecture models throughout his four-year college career. “They actually made up […]May 28, 2008Faculty & StaffStudy: Immigrants Create Hi-Tech Firms, Not Take Jobs From AmericansIn a new study, researchers from Duke University, the University of California-Berkeley, and the Kauffman Foundation show that there is a strong correlation between educational attainment in the STEM disciplines and innovation among immigrant founders of U.S.-based engineering and technology companies.June 11, 2007StudentsReport: First-generation Black Freshmen Drop in Four-Year CollegesThe number of first-generation Black students entering four-year colleges dropped by almost two-thirds between 1971 and 2005, according to new data collected by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the University of California, Los Angeles.June 7, 2007StudentsStrides Made in Student Reading and Math Since NCLB Act, Says ReportStudent achievement in reading and math has increased since the No Child Left Behind Act was enacted in 2002, according to a new report released by the Center on Education Policy.June 4, 2007Leadership & PolicyProtestors Rally Against University of Chicago Policy Not to Divest in SudanActivists, led by U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D.-Ill., gathered outside the University of Chicago Business School last week to protest the school’s refusal to divest from companies doing business in the African nation of Sudan.June 4, 2007HBCUsMinorities Continue Growth in Degree Attainment But Attend TWIs for Advanced Degrees, Says ReportMinority students accounted for half of the growth in bachelor degree attainment over the last 20 years, and minorities with advanced degrees are more likely to have attended traditionally White institutions, according to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).May 31, 2007HomeA Case for Selling Academic ResearchThe commercialization of academic research does not threaten a university’s principle mission of teaching and research, according to executives of the first spin-off technology transfer company wholly owned by the University of Oxford in EnglandMay 28, 2007StudentsAdvocacy Group Offers Model Policy on Mental Health ProblemsMost college campuses have counseling services to deal with students who may have a potentially serious mental health problem, but not all institutions have a well-defined policy that benefits students while addressing the school’s concerns about liability.May 24, 2007StudentsHow UCLA’s Black Enrollment ReboundedCommunity leaders and Black alumni stepped up to help boost Black enrollment at the University of California, Los Angeles this year. The number of Black students who said they plan to enroll as freshmen in the fall doubled from 103 to 203, bringing the percentage of Black UCLA freshmen to 4.5 percent, up from 2.2 percent a year ago.May 21, 2007StudentsGeorge Mason University Program for First-generation Students Celebrates MilestoneFAIRFAX, Va. George Mason University’s Early Identification Program celebrated its 20th anniversary on Tuesday by welcoming a new batch of students and congratulating those who finished the program this past year. EIP has had an enviable track record, sending 96 percent of its graduates on to college.May 14, 2007Page 1 of 13Next Page
