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Students

National Nonprofit Building Bridge for Aspirations of Underserved Students

College Summit seeks to connect students from families of lesser economic means to the world of college and careers.

August 14, 2014

Recruitment & Retention

Experts: Lack of Diversity on Admissions Path Negatively Impacts Minority Students

Survey results indicate that the field of college admissions suffers from a lack of diversity that could ultimately undermine its ability to reach and serve America’s increasingly diverse college students.

August 5, 2014

Students

University of California Exercising a Form of Economic Affirmative Action?

System gouging the out-of-staters to shore up revenues.

July 28, 2014

Leadership & Policy

New Mexico State University Regents Approve Higher Admission Standards

New Mexico State University’s admissions requirements will be going up.

July 23, 2014

Students

Both Sides Find Reason for Optimism After Latest Ruling on Texas Affirmative Action

The 2-1 ruling by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Fisher vs. The University of Texas at Austin was just the latest in a series of decisions resulting from orchestrated attacks on the use of race in college admissions.

July 17, 2014

Students

Appeals Court Rules University of Texas Can Use Race in Admissions

In a 2-1 ruling, judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that barring the university from using race would ultimately lead to a less diverse student body.

July 15, 2014

African-American

Addressing the Crisis Among Men of Color in Higher Education

The representation of African-American and Latino men in higher education is the worst it has been in the last 30 years.

July 15, 2014

Students

Low-Income Students’ Success in College Starts in High School

There needs to be a partnership between colleges and organizations in the communities where students live.

July 8, 2014

Home

Concerns Rise About Cheating by Chinese Applicants to U.S. Colleges

Admissions officials and others have reported finding falsified high school transcripts, discrepancies between English-language test scores and a Chinese student’s actual speaking ability, and phony letters of recommendation and essays.

July 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

The People’s Choice

In this issue Diverse profiles UMass Amherst chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy, one of the few South Asian college presidents in the country. He has made diversity a central focus, winning praise from inside and outside the institution.

July 3, 2014

Opinion

It’s Not Just in the Numbers: Making Campus Diversity Work Post-Schuette

It doesn’t matter who comes to your campus unless you work to make sure students are in fact benefiting from diverse environments.

May 12, 2014

Women

Joyce E. Smith – Chief Executive Officer, National Association for College Admission Counseling

An admissions expert with more than 30 years of experience, Smith has served in college admission counseling management roles at Kansas State University, Amherst College and Queens College of the City University of New York, where she served as executive director of admissions for undergraduate and graduate admissions, marketing and scholarship services. She has also […]

April 28, 2014