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Students

Mary Sias Stepping Down as Kentucky State University President

Kentucky State University President Mary Sias says she will step down from her position on June 30.

May 12, 2014

Home

Common Application Makes Changes After Tough Year

The high school class of 2014 was tweeting horror stories after snags on Common Application.

May 11, 2014

Students

College Graduation: 4 Ways Things Have Changed

NEW YORK ― There’s still plenty of pomp and circumstance, inspiring words from lofty speakers and tossing tassels, but graduating from college today is very different from a generation or so ago.

May 6, 2014

Community Colleges

Studying the Humanities Always Will Be Important

For the better part of the last two decades, we have heard from various quarters that studying liberal arts or the humanities in general was a waste of time.

May 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

LGBTQ Student Success in Higher Education

Too many LGBTQ students feel unsafe, unwelcome, or disconnected from social and/or academic life on their respective campuses.

May 6, 2014

African-American

Kanika Tolver Creating a Path to Success in STEM Fields

Amid a national crisis to recruit skilled professionals to the STEM fields, Kanika Tolver manages not only to represent the scarce number of minorities in STEM, but also emerge as an innovator in information technology.

May 5, 2014

Disabilties

Coalition Working to Bring Rural College Communities Up to Speed

A diverse coalition of colleges, corporations and other organizations is seeking to boost wireless broadband connectivity in small towns and rural areas.

May 1, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Schools Facing Title IX Investigation

May 1, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Ahna Skop

Ahna Skop is an associate professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin- Madison . An artist and expert in microscope techniques for biology, Skop is known for her microscopic images of cells caught in the act of splitting. Her research team focuses on learning the secrets of cell division, hoping to […]

May 1, 2014

Students

Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma

Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma is associate professor of African-American studies, Asian American studies and performance studies at Northwestern University, where she has received several outstanding teaching awards. Her scholarship focuses on Afro/Asian American relations, especially in studying the relationship between the two through hiphop music. Sharma is writing her second book, “Hidden Hapas: Multiracial Blacks […]

May 1, 2014

Students

Goodwin Liu

Goodwin Liu is an associate justice of the California Supreme Court. He has also been a member of the University of California- Berkeley Law faculty. Liu earned tenure in 2008 and was associate dean from 2008 to 2010. In 2009, Liu won the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award. His primary areas of expertise are constitutional […]

May 1, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Paula T. Hammond

Paula T. Hammond grew up wanting to become a writer, but instead she’s become a leading chemical engineer and academic. At MIT, she serves as the David H. Koch professor in engineering. Hammond helped found the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, which strives to design more functional technology for soldiers. Her research interests include the nanoscale […]

May 1, 2014