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African-American

Two Males Go to Head of Class at Clark Atlanta U.

Valedictorian Lorin Crawford and his roommate salutatorian Tam Quach earned the highest GPA, as females outnumber males by a 3:1 ratio.

May 19, 2013

Leadership & Policy

St. Paul’s College Future in Limbo After Potential Lifeline Cut

Last November, St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, N.C., announced that it was stepping up to support struggling St. Paul’s College of Lawrenceville, Va. Now, that’s not going to happen.

May 16, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Panel: U.S. Can’t Readily Replicate Educational Turnaround of Other Countries

Education governance in the United States is too disjointed and too diffuse to achieve the kind of massive redesign needed to get the nation’s academic results on par with those in other top-performing countries.

May 14, 2013

African-American

Latino College Enrollment Rate Surpasses That of Whites

The rate at which Latino high school graduates enrolled in college reached a record high in 2012, and it exceeded that of Whites for the first time, a new Pew Research Center analysis shows.

May 14, 2013

Students

NCEE Report Urges Fresh Approach to Path to Math

Despite taking high school algebra, geometry and often advanced algebra, most first-year students are placed in remedial math in community college because they’re not properly prepared.

May 12, 2013

Home

Report: California Higher Education Reforms Should Focus on State’s Working Poor

New study documents the challenges California faces in moving state’s poorest families from low educational attainment to higher education success to ensure the state has enough college graduates in its workforce.

May 8, 2013

Students

4 Charged With Hazing Linked to Virginia State University Drowning

Police say four men are being charged in connection with a hazing that resulted in the drowning of a Virginia State University freshman.

April 23, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Navajo Tech Continues Its Ascension

A small college on the eastern edge of the nation’s largest American Indian reservation is getting noticed.

April 21, 2013

Leadership & Policy

College Board Approves Plan to Divide State Aid

Mississippi University for Women, the University of Mississippi and Alcorn State University will get financial boosts under a new formula to distribute state money among Mississippi’s eight public universities.

April 18, 2013

Students

Clemson President Barker to Return to Teaching

Clemson President Jim Barker is going back to being an architecture professor after 14 years leading the school.

April 16, 2013

Students

Clemson Students Find Bacteria Risk in Beer Pong

The most dangerous part of playing beer pong might not be drinking too much beer.

April 15, 2013

Students

Abdul-Alim Named Spencer Fellow in Education Reporting

Diverse correspondent Jamaal Abdul-Alim is one of three accomplished journalists named 2013- 2014 Spencer Fellows in Education Reporting by the Columbia Journalism School.

April 14, 2013