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HBCUs

Study: Public HBCUs Experience Increasing Enrollment

Despite nagging financial problems, accreditation troubles and relatively low graduation rates, historically Black colleges continue to remain an integral part of the educational equation for African-Americans and are growing in popularity, according to a comprehensive new study by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

July 28, 2008

STEM

LULAC Calls for Culture-based Educational Approach and Accountability To Stem Dropout Rate Among Minorities

Reforming the No Child Left Behind Act to promote higher accountability standards for the nation’s high schools, inclusive and equitable testing and culture-based curricula may help stem the wave of minority high school student dropouts and shrink the achievement gap, a panel of educators and activists said at a LULAC meeting here this week.

July 10, 2008

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What Higher Ed Is Doing Right … Or Wrong

It’s always interesting to review year to year which college and universities produce the most minority graduates in a given discipline, and furthermore, which universities occupy the No. 1 position for graduating the most students of color in any given field. Our annual “Top 100” undergraduate and graduate editions allow you to do that.

July 9, 2008

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College Officials Urged to Monitor the Graduation Rate Gap

Experts cite need to grapple with underlying issues of race and retention.

July 9, 2008

Students

Report: To Serve Hispanics, Schools Should Look to the Success of HSIs

By looking at the success of Hispanic-serving institutions, other colleges and universities can find ways to support the growing number of Hispanic college students nationwide, according to a report released Wednesday by the higher education policy group Excelencia in Education.

June 24, 2008

Students

Report: To Serve Hispanics, Schools Should Look to the Success of HSIs

By looking at the success of Hispanic-serving institutions, other colleges and universities can find ways to support the growing number of Hispanic college students nationwide, according to a report released Wednesday by the higher education policy group Excelencia in Education.

June 18, 2008

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Report: More Than 1 Million High School Students Will Fail to Graduate in 2008, Minorities Most at Risk

Of the 1.23 million high school students who will fail to graduate this year, minority students are the most at risk, according to new data recently released by Education Week and the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center (EPE).

June 4, 2008

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Minority Students’ Dropout Rates at Crisis Levels

High school educators have been told in Seattle that dropout rates for minority students, especially Native-Americans, are at crisis levels in six Northwestern states.

June 1, 2008

STEM

New Report Provides Policy Framework for States To Stem High School

Legislative action is imperative to better assist struggling students through high school and beyond, says Jobs For the Future (JFF), a nonprofit advocacy organization.

May 22, 2008

Home

Time for a Truth-In-Graduation Disclosure Policy

It’s that time of year again, when hope springs eternal, smiles of pride break out, tears of victory are shed. It’s graduation time. Already our mailboxes are finding relief from the steady stream of junk mail and monthly bills. Mixed in are graduation announcements from neighbors, young and old, and relatives near and far. Milestones reached, at last.

May 14, 2008

HBCUs

Texas Southern Implements New Selective Admissions Policy

Texas Southern University’s Board of Regents ended the university’s long-standing open admissions policy with a unanimous vote, at the urging of the university’s new president John Rudley.

May 12, 2008

Students

Conference Highlights Successful Schools

When Ricardo Esparza became principal of Granger High School in South Central Washington state nine years ago, he walked into an environment where gangs roamed the halls, fights were common and academic performance was less than impressive.

May 6, 2008