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Students

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Launches “Generation 1st Degree” Campaign

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) organization on Tuesday convened its Education Summit 2010 in New York and launched the ‘Generation 1st Degree’ program, which aims to fulfill the fund’s goal of helping Hispanic families attain a college degree in every household.

October 5, 2010

Leadership & Policy

White House Hosts First Summit on Community Colleges

Community college advocates and leaders leave summit with new partners and ideas for strengthening programs and increasing graduation rates.

October 5, 2010

Students

Minority Engineering Association Urges National Focus on Community College Students

A national engineering science group, citing the surge in minority student enrollment in community colleges, says more emphasis should be placed on two-year college students to increase STEM field graduates.

September 29, 2010

Home

Latest Gates Foundation Awards Focus on College Completion

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to make a dramatic change with its college success programs, by focusing on college graduation rates in addition to college enrollment.

September 28, 2010

Community Colleges

Lumina Foundation Says US Continues to Lag Globally in Producing College Graduates

The United States continues to fall behind other major nations around the world in producing highly credentialed college graduates, despite a marginal gain between 2007 and 2008, says a new report by the Lumina Foundation for Education.

September 20, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Tennessee College Enrollment Up, State Wants Higher Graduation Rates

While enrollment is up almost 5 percent at Tennessee colleges and universities, the state Board of Regents wants higher graduation rates to go with the increased number of students.

September 7, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Opinion: Assessing the Broad Picture of Asian-American Achievement

Although Asian-Americans boast the highest college graduation rates among ethnic groups in the U.S., large sectors of their population suffer from low educational attainment.

September 6, 2010

Students

Rookie HBCU Presidents Undergoing Rigorous Leadership Testing

Amid heavy turnover in historically Black college and university (HBCU) administration ranks, a corps of untested but eager first-time presidents are leading HBCUs in turbulent times.

August 23, 2010

African-American

Report: U.S. K-12 Schools Failing To Educate Black Males

Despite the occasional success in closing the achievement gap, a new report says that the U.S. K-12 system does a mostly inadequate job of educating Black males, as evidenced in large disparities in the graduation rate between Black males and their White counterparts.

August 16, 2010

Students

Nation’s Governors Tackle College Completion Rates

Following President Barack Obama’s lead, the National Governors Association (NGA) has launched an initiative to increase the number of degrees and certificates awarded and to improve productivity at higher education institutions.

August 15, 2010

African-American

Education Trust Reports Divulge Minority College-graduation Rate Gaps

The Education Trust, a Washington-based education advocacy organization, released two reports Monday highlighting institutions that have highest and lowest comparative college success rates for African-Americans and Latinos.

August 9, 2010

African-American

Marc Morial Chats With DiverseEducation.com

Marc Morial, the president and CEO of the National Urban League, took time before the group’s annual conference, which celebrates the league’s 100th anniversary, to talk about the organization’s civil rights, economic development and education agenda.

July 28, 2010