Tag: Graduation rates: Page 48

Faculty & Staff

New Louisiana Community College Campus May Prove Too Small

With President Barack Obama setting a goal of producing 5 million more community college graduates in the next decade, it seems community colleges are finally having their moment.

July 19, 2010

Latinx

Best & Brightest: UTEP Student’s Study of Success Recognized

University of Texas at El Paso doctoral candidate wins Distinguished Scholar award for proposal to raise student retention and graduation rates in Texas by studying influences on students who achieve against all odds.

July 11, 2010

Home

Project Targets Nevada To Improve College Success

Nevada has been chosen as the first state to take part in a project designed to improve the nation’s college graduation rates and elevate the status of its work force to better compete in a global economy.

July 7, 2010

Students

Hispanic College Success: It’s All in The Family

Studies show that more Hispanic students are enrolling in college, but a disproportionate number drop out with debt instead of degrees.

June 3, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Symposium: Education Leaders Recommend Priorities for HBCUs

In the view of the Obama administration’s top education official, historically Black colleges and universities face two looming challenges as they look to define themselves in the 21st century – preparing students to be the next cadre of minority teachers and improving their retention and graduation rates.

June 3, 2010

Home

Louisiana Bill Would Allow Higher Education Tuition Increases

Gov. Bobby Jindal’s push for state lawmakers to give up their authority over public college tuition increases, if the schools improve their performance, cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday.

May 6, 2010

Recruitment & Retention

Report: Arkansas Public College Graduation Rate is 38 Percent

Less than 40 percent of students who enroll in Arkansas public universities obtain a degree within six years, according to a new state report. It said 4,333 of the 11,527 students who enrolled in four-year public universities in 2004 had graduated from those schools by 2009.

May 3, 2010

Students

D.C. Students First Among 2010 Graduates Chosen as Gates Scholars

Seven of 57 high-achieving Washington, D.C., students who applied for the competitive Gates scholarships learned Thursday they will receive the prestigious award.

April 15, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Community Colleges Appreciate Attention, Need Money

Grappling with soaring enrollment and plummeting state support, community colleges are grateful for attention from the Obama administration but disappointed money has yet to materialize to help them keep up with demand, let alone meet ambitious goals to make the U.S. the global leader in college graduates again by 2020.

April 5, 2010

Students

Report: For-Profit Schools Better Value for Low-Income Students Than Two-Year Publics

Researchers commissioned by a leading career college company released a report Thursday claiming that private-sector institutions increase access and student success among first-generation, low-income, and non-traditional students better than two-year public colleges.

April 1, 2010

Latinx

Report: Low Hispanic College Completion Rates Endanger U.S. Attainment Goals

Hispanic college students generally graduate at lower rates than their White peers, even among schools with similar admissions standards, according to an American Enterprise Institute study.

March 17, 2010

Sports

Officials Urge Raising the Academic Bar for NCAA Tournament Teams

During a news teleconference Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Education suggested that basketball teams with graduation rates below 40 percent be excluded from post-season play.

March 17, 2010