Tag: Research: Page 32

African-American

Report: ‘Nothing New’ About Tensions Between Black Youth, Police

In a University of Chicago report, researchers find that tensions between African-American youth and law enforcement are a national problem and have been around for years.

August 28, 2014

Students

Study: Minority-Serving Schools Serve Students of Color as Well as Predominantly White Institutions

A new study challenges the notion that Black and Latino students are less likely to earn a college degree if they attend minority-serving institutions, such as a historically Black college.

August 26, 2014

Students

Study Finds Minimal Impact of Selectivity on Degree Completion

A new study suggests that the selectivity of an institution is neither much help nor a hindrance to graduation.

August 7, 2014

African-American

Lead Exposure Study to Focus on Black Women in Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati researchers are launching a study of African-American women to determine whether childhood lead exposure has affected bone and muscle health.

July 31, 2014

Students

Report: Millions with College Credit Identified as Potential Graduates

An estimated 4 million Americans have completed at least two years of college and they represent a pool of potential students with whom colleges and universities could reconnect, a new national report says.

July 30, 2014

MSIs

Department of Defense to Oversee Plagiarism Probe

The Department of Defense has taken the unusual step of overseeing a plagiarism investigation being conducted by the U.S. Army War College against Sen. John Walsh of Montana, the college’s provost said Tuesday.

July 29, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Conversations: Understanding the Peer-Review Process

Up there with the tenure system, the peer-review process is perhaps one of the most baffling and convoluted aspects of modern academia.

July 13, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Iowa State AIDS Research Team Loses $1.38M Grant

An AIDS research team at Iowa State University will not get a final payment of $1.38 million it had been awarded from the National Institutes of Health after a team member admitted last year to faking research results.

July 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Former Pro Football Player Shifts into Role of Scholar

Dr. Pellom McDaniels describes himself as a conundrum in the world of higher education.

July 8, 2014

Students

Measuring, Addressing Student Behaviors Help Raise Completion Rates

Recent research shows the potential of identifying the student behaviors and attitudes that are key to improving college completion.

July 2, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Napolitano Aims to Grow University of California Role in Fighting Hunger

University of California President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that she plans to leverage the state’s role in agriculture and research to tackle one of the world’s most pressing problems: food.

July 1, 2014

Students

Cornell University Alumni Endow First Africana Studies Center Lectureship

Cornell University alumni Reuben A. Munday and Cheryl Casselberry Munday have created an endowment that will allow the university’s Africana Studies and Research Center to bring in a leading scholar of African and African-American studies to the Ithaca campus for an annual lecture.

June 25, 2014