Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 56

STEM

San Francisco State Encouraging Underrepresented to March Forward, Give Back

The university aims to boost the proportion of underrepresented minorities who are biomedical and behavioral sciences majors in the annual graduating class to 40 percent.

November 4, 2014

Students

ABCC Tackles the Issue of Relevancy at Annual Conference

The Association for Black Culture Centers focused on the continued importance of cultural centers in today’s society.

November 2, 2014

Home

Medical Schools Experiencing Increase in Applicants, Enrollments

Despite the staggering costs of a medical degree, the number of students enrolled in medical schools has reached a new high of 20,343, according to a new report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

October 30, 2014

Home

Free College Advising to Be Offered to Students from Poor and Middle Class Families

Project collaborators say they hope the initiative will provide the students with the kind of personalized counseling that students from more affluent families tend to get from private counselors or their school-based guidance counselors.

October 28, 2014

African-American

Voting is a Privilege and an Opportunity for Civic Engagement

Early voting started recently and will continue until November 4. It is our opportunity to vote for the candidates of our choice.

October 23, 2014

Students

‘Dear White People’ a Satire About Race Relations on Campus

Dear White People addresses a multitude of campus climate issues at Winchester University, a fictitious Ivy League school troubled by racial tension.

October 23, 2014

Faculty & Staff

University Defends Response to Threat to Speaker

Facing faculty concerns about guns on the campus of Utah State University, the school’s president is responding to accusations that the institution acted irresponsibly after a threat against feminist speaker Anita Sarkeesian.

October 22, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Professor to Use Grant to Bring Computer Science to Elementary Schools

A Georgia State University professor will use a $1.2 million grant to develop curriculum to bring computer science to elementary schools.

October 21, 2014

Students

The University of Michigan Reports Undergraduate Enrollment Up

The University of Michigan announced it has 112 more students now than a year ago.

October 20, 2014

Sports

In Case You Missed It…

Conference Brings Black Doctoral Candidates Together to Focus on Path to Success Report Encourages Incentivizing States to Share in Costs of Higher Education Free College Advising to Be Offered to Students from Poor and Middle Class Families The Secret Sauce of College Admissions

October 17, 2014

Students

Off-Campus Student Charged in Penn State Threat

A 20-year-old off-campus student has been jailed on charges that he posted a social media threat to shoot people at a popular gathering area on Penn State’s main campus.

October 13, 2014

Students

Paul Quinn College Sharing Story of Turnaround With World

President Michael J. Sorrell, a panelist at an international seminar, outlines the best practices utilized at his small Dallas-based school in hopes that other institutions that work with large numbers of marginalized and disadvantaged students might benefit.

October 13, 2014