Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 91

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Making retention work

Since 1988’s all-time high in the college enrollment African Americans enrollment of African, American, declining high school completion figures have contributed to a slower increase in minority college participation After more than a decade of intensely examining factors that influence retention, we seem to be in a period of slippage of minority participation and success at the post-secondary level.

June 16, 2007

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Attracting minorities into teacher education: a model program that works

In 1993, it became apparent to the African American professors at a small midwestern university that several minority students needed special attention and encouragement to succeed in teacher education curricula as well as adjust to living and working in a campus setting.

June 16, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Lifestyle-friendly education – non-traditional colleges and off-campus approach

Despite a successful career, Greg Atkins always felt something was holding him back. Two [years ago, at the age of thirty-eight, he climbed to a position of prestige in state government [as assistant commissioner of New Jersey’s department of community affairs.

June 16, 2007

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Over there: exchange programs and colleges seek to send minority students abroad – US education programs

In some communities, foreign travel is viewed as a rite of passage to round out the college experience. But far too few African Americans are taking advantage of the opportunity to Broaden their horizons in the world classroom for reasons that include lack of access to information about opportunities, limited funds, language restrictions and concentration in fields that are not targeted for foreign exchange programs.

June 16, 2007

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Faculty Life 101: a survival guide – Recruitment & Retention: The Last Word

Three years ago, we joined the ranks of academe. Diplomas in hand, fresh out of graduate school, we held illusions of a life full of professional growth and intellectual challenges. Little did we realize that the challenges we would face would have little to do with our intellectual abilities. Rather, the challenges would have more to do with developing survival techniques in order to negotiate the perilous currents against which we had to navigate as new Black faculty at a white institution.

June 15, 2007

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Back to the ‘schoolhouse.’ – James Hood returns to University of Alabama for a doctorate degree – Recruitment & Retention

When James Hood integrated the University of Alabama under the watchful eye of a national television audience in 1963, education was the farthest career from his mind. He was planning to earn a degree, enter a seminary and become a minister. More than three decades later, Hood has returned to the university where he and Vivian Malone, the other Black student who enrolled with him, defied then Gov. George Wallace’s pledge to prevent desegregation efforts to earn a doctorate degree and to continue to nurture his love of education. That love has been focused for many years on community college education.

June 15, 2007

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Common sense and diversity: why are cultural differences disguised as ‘maladjustments’?a

Why are Cultural Differences Disguised as `Maladjustments’?

June 15, 2007

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Athletes, outcasts and partyers – films about African Americans in higher education

Films about African Americans in higher education are a relatively new phenomenon but they, like other films about Blacks, still frequently resort to stereotypes.

June 15, 2007

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Flocking to film school – minorities and the film industry

New York — In recent years, many of the high School students clamoring for a coveted spot in New York University’s Future Filmmakers Workshop — designated for members of “traditionally underrepresented” groups — have challenged the boundaries of what that means.

June 15, 2007

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‘Helping Smart Kids Get Smarter’

Increasingly educators are addressing ways to motivate high-potential students.

June 13, 2007

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Coming to Terms With the “R” Word

Colleges may boast diversity, but what does that really mean for campus climate?

May 30, 2007

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The Increasingly Diverse U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the minority population has reached 100.7 million, meaning one in every three U.S. residents is a racial or ethnic minority. That level of diversity has not reached U.S. colleges.

May 16, 2007