Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 82

Students

Student Input Helps Community Colleges Improve Overall Experience

Focus groups find out what works in the classroom, on campus.

April 2, 2008

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Study: Colleges Should Be Evaluated on Campus Climate

A campus’ social climate for tolerance and its treatment of women and minorities aren’t criteria that factor in traditional college rankings, but they probably should be.

April 1, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Women Missing In Top Ranks of SIU Carbondale

Southern Illinois University Carbondale fares well on its hiring of minority administrators, but it is being taken to task for the lack of women in its executive ranks.

April 1, 2008

Latinx

Colleges Encouraged to Improve the Student Experience By Using Identified Best Practices

Jackson State University discovered through a student survey that students were not feeling engaged at the institution, and despite problematic academic probation and retention rates, were not taking advantage of the support services available.

March 12, 2008

Students

Technology: Connecting Students to Their Community Colleges

Community colleges have an extremely difficult job trying to connect with students, given that so many drive to campus only to attend class and then return home or to work after the class concludes.

March 4, 2008

Students

University of Rochester Students Demand More Faculty Diversity

Students at the University of Rochester are demanding that university officials hire more faculty members from underrepresented groups, insisting that the administrators spend less time strategizing about diversity and make it a reality.

March 3, 2008

African-American

West Chester University Formally Apologizes For Past Discrimination

Officials at West Chester University of Pennsylvania have formally apologized for the school’s past discriminatory practices and treatment of African-American students.

February 27, 2008

Students

Riding Into College With Your Posse

Foundation eases transition by sending students to campuses in groups.

February 26, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Hispanic University President at Pennsylvania College Facing Increasing Pressure to Step Down

Dr. F. Javier Cevallos, president of Kutztown University, a publicly funded college located in Pennsylvania, is facing new pressure to step down from his post amid criticism from the university’s faculty union.

February 13, 2008

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More Swastikas Found on St. Cloud State Campus

ST. CLOUD, Minn. The discovery of more swastikas at St. Cloud State brings the total number of the symbols found on the campus to four in the past five days. University spokesman Loren Boone says two of the symbols were found Wednesday in the Brown Hall classroom building and in an elevator in the Stearns […]

February 7, 2008

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Holistic Admissions Review Not Being Utilized in California

Despite the official adoption of a holistic review of applicants to blunt the impact of the 1996 affirmative action ban in admissions, University of California schools are still relying on traditional indicators of merit and Black student enrollment has continued to suffer as a result, according to a UCLA study released Tuesday.

February 4, 2008

Students

Racist Displays Persist at Minnesota College

ST. CLOUD, Minn. Bisharo Iman hoped college in St. Cloud would be different than attending high school. There would be no more taunts of “Go back to your country” aimed at her Somali dress, no more being slammed into lockers.

January 28, 2008