Tag: Research: Page 50

Sports

The ‘X’ Factor: Why female athletes are more likely to suffer career-ending injuries

For women, increased participation in athletics has come with an increase in sports-related injuries.

October 29, 2012

Disabilties

Denver Area Doctor Makes Breakthrough on Down Syndrome

Dr. Alberto Costa’s discovery that a drug might help the memory of people with Down syndrome was more than just a breakthrough for him as a scientist.

October 28, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Rutgers Study: For College Students with Disabilities, Success Linked to Mentoring, Self-Advocacy and Perseverance

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – A Rutgers study of recent New Jersey college graduates with disabilities has found that students attributed their academic success to a combination of possessing strong personality traits as perseverance and their relationship with a faculty or staff mentor.

October 23, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Conservative Testifies in University of Iowa Bias Case

A conservative lawyer testified Monday that she was shocked when she was passed over for a teaching job at the University of Iowa law school in favor of a less-qualified candidate who ended up resigning after performing poorly.

October 22, 2012

Leadership & Policy

Florida Ponders Higher Education Tuition Increases

Gov. Rick Scott’s task force says part of the reason higher tuition is needed is to pay top professors more to stem the tide of other states luring them away.

October 9, 2012

Students

Professors Navigate Social Media Boundaries in Providing Effective Counsel to Students

Scholars discuss appropriate social media interaction with students they teach at a Howard University conference September 27-28.

September 30, 2012

Home

Social Science Research Group Deems Race-conscious Admissions Most Effective Path to Diversity

The U.S. Supreme Court should continue to allow the narrow use of race in college admissions because it achieves diversity in ways that race-neutral policies cannot, a group of social science researchers argued Thursday.

September 27, 2012

Sports

Report: Graduation Gap Continues Between Football Players and Male Students

NCAA Division I football player graduation rates continue to fall behind those of full-time male students, according to the latest Adjusted Graduation Gap Report, published by the College Sport Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

September 25, 2012

Home

Forum: Scholars Explore Affirmative Action’s Impact on Higher Education

At a Brookings Institution forum on affirmative action, economist Glenn Loury urged higher education institutions to seek diversity as the “unfinished business of dealing with the consequences of our racial history.”

September 23, 2012

African-American

Is Portland Really Where Young People Retire?

Portland may not be “a city where young people go to retire,” but it’s the place they go to be underemployed, a new study found.

September 20, 2012

Students

Before House Subcommittee, Panelists Urge Move to Incorporate Nontraditional Students in College Completion Data

The federal government’s method of collecting college graduation rates is outdated and does not take into account the large number of nontraditional students now in higher education, witnesses told a House of Representatives panel on Thursday.

September 20, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Empowering First-Generation College Students: The Role of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs)

A Walmart-funded report led by the Institute of Higher Education Policy involved 30 minority-serving institutions, including 12 historically black colleges and universities, 12 Hispanic-serving institutions and six tribal colleges and universities.

September 17, 2012