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Vice President Biden Announces Plan To Enlist Nation’s Governors for College Completion Campaign

Vice President Joe Biden announced an administration plan to enlist governors into pushing their states to boost college graduation rates while providing millions in financial incentives for colleges to do the same.

March 22, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Boosting College Enrollment and Graduation Rates in Maryland

Higher education leaders in Maryland say they are moving with haste to develop plans to significantly boost public college enrollment and graduation rates, with a variety of strategies being explored, except lowering admissions standards.

March 21, 2011

Sports

Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Improve Division I Basketball Graduation Rates

As March Madness action was tipping off, Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined sports scholar Richard Lapchick and the NAACP president Ben Jealous to urge greater action on student-athlete graduation rates.

March 17, 2011

Sports

Graduation Rates Increasing Among 2011 March Madness Schools

Graduation rates among male basketball players at the 2011 March Madness tournament schools are on the rise, according to a report released from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, but gaps still persist among White and Black athletes.

March 14, 2011

Sports

Charles Barkley Plans to Get Academic as NCAA Analyst

The brash Hall of Famer plans to lobby for better graduation rates in his new job as a college basketball commentator.

March 13, 2011

African-American

Arne Duncan Says Education is Key to Improving Economic Conditions

The education secretary pointed to the 41 states that have raised their K-12 standards as success stories that will benefit children from underserved communities.

February 28, 2011

Community Colleges

Regaining the Edge in American Higher Education

Can American higher education regain its edge? A group of advocates, policymakers and scholars attempted to answer this question Tuesday during a Washington think tank policy forum.

February 15, 2011

African-American

Southern University at New Orleans Enrollment at Its Highest Since Katrina

Southern University at New Orleans on Wednesday reported its highest enrollment since Hurricane Katrina’s devastating floods in 2005, with enrollment levels nearly where they were before the storm hit.

February 9, 2011

African-American

Southern University New Orleans Chancellor: Low Graduation Rate No Reason To Merge

Hundreds of students, faculty and alumni of Southern University at New Orleans rallied Wednesday to protest a proposed merger of the predominantly Black school with the neighboring University of New Orleans.

January 27, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana Merger Study Puts Southern University Chief, Katrina-damaged Schools in Spotlight

Ronald Mason, the Southern University System President, is once again caught in the middle of a controversy involving a possible HBCU merger.

January 26, 2011

Leadership & Policy

S.C. Governor Haley Says College Funding Needs Revamping

Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday that South Carolina’s public colleges should be judged on their graduation rates, how many of their students come from outside the state, and their contributions to the economy.

January 18, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Reinvented New Jersey College Embraces Minority Identity

Faced with changing demographics, Bloomfield College stays true to its mission by embracing its status as a predominantly Black institution.

December 20, 2010