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Study: Pell Grant Makes Difference for Students of Color

African American and Hispanic students who receive a federal Pell Grant are more likely to finish college and pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors, says a new report that argues for a renewed commitment to the grant program.

Dr. Lamont Flowers

Sparking Interest in STEM – Frances Williams

One of Dr. Williams’ more impressive accomplishments at the university is the establishment of the $6.5 million Center for Materials Research, which features a “clean-room,” which Williams describes as “a facility with a low particle count … needed because we are making devices on a macro- and nano-scale, with features that are smaller than a strand of hair.

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NASA-MUST Program Aims To Propel Students Into STEM Disciplines

Latinos are among the students targeted by the NASA-funded program that involves the Hispanic College Fund along with the United Negro College Fund, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, the Association on Higher Education and Disability and the Institute for Broadening Participation.

Civil Rights Project: California Maintains Segregated Community College System

The vast majority of Black and Latino students in California are being subjected to a “segregated” community college system where very few transfer to four-year institutions, researchers charged Tuesday as they released three reports.

Dr. Gary Orfield

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Emerging Scholars: Sparking Interest in STEM – Frances Williams

The eighth profile in a 12-part series on prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Frances Williams, who is an associate professor in the Engineering and Center for Materials Research Department at Norfolk State University.

Dr. Frances Williams

It Just Doesn’t Add Up: Barriers to STEM Higher Education

A small flurry of conversation on Twitter and elsewhere followed a recent proposal by two university presidents that students seeking science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, degrees pay more tuition than those in other academic majors. While it’s not surprising that public college presidents — and indeed other policymaking officials — are seeking new […]

New Jersey Gov. Christie Seeks Shake-up in Higher Education

Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday proposed turning a former teacher’s college into New Jersey’s second major public research university in a shake-up of the state’s higher education system.

Gov. Chris Christie

Emerging Scholars: Righting Social Wrongs — Alexes Harris

The fifth profile in a 12-part examination of prominent young scholars focuses on Dr. Alexes Harris, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Washington who researches the inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system.

Dr. Alexes Harris

Emerging Scholars: Righting Social Wrongs — Alexes Harris

The fifth profile in a 12-part examination of prominent young scholars focuses on Dr. Alexes Harris, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Washington who researches the inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system.

Educator Takes On Teachers Unions

Addressing parents directly from the vantage point of an insider, Dr. Steve Perry details an insightful and frightening view of the state of the American public school system in new book.

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Southern University Board to Consider Plan Authorizing Tenured Faculty Terminations

The Southern System’s Board of Supervisors, which recently declared financial exigency for the Baton Rouge campus, is scheduled to vote on a controversial reorganization plan

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STEM Professors Receive Presidential Mentoring Awards

During the ceremony, these men and women were presented with the 2010 and 2011 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

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