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International

U.S. May Not be Lagging Behind Internationally, Report Says

The headlines are emblazoned with the gloomy tales of America’s academic decline as drop-out rates skyrocket and adult educational attainment sags behind international competitors, but one educational statistician, in a newly released report, said it’s nothing more than propaganda.

November 3, 2009

Students

UW Bothell Chancellor Champions For Diversity Among College Leadership

The under-representation of minorities, particularly Asian-Americans, in U.S. college presidencies can be due to the fact that many potential minority leaders in the faculty ranks are “ignored” and “overlooked,” said University of Washington Bothell Chancellor Dr. Kenyon S. Chan, who encourages chancellors to think hard about how they develop leadership on their campuses.

October 20, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Asian-Americans Hope To Build Pipelines to College Presidencies

Dr. Ding-Jo Currie has long been aware that she is one of only a handful of Asian American college presidents in the U.S. today. What she did not know until recently, however, is how few mid- and senior-level Asian administrators are groomed into becoming presidents.

October 4, 2009

Sports

Black Coaching Appointments Paying Dividends

When Miami’s Randy Shannon and Houston’s Kevin Sumlin lead their teams onto the football field Saturday, advocates of diversity in higher education will have much to cheer about.

September 24, 2009

Community Colleges

Veterans Concerned Colleges Not Granting Credit for Military Experience and Education

Twelve years of military service left Donald Spradling highly trained in satellite imagery, nuclear engineering and foreign intelligence analysis.

August 24, 2009

Students

Native Sons

Veteran educators return to lead their embattled alma mater, Central State University.

August 19, 2009

HBCUs

Community colleges play critical role in American Graduation Initiative

Higher education, particularly community colleges, has a significant role to play in helping the Obama administration achieve its goal of creating a more educated work force to boost the struggling U.S. economy, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Friday.

August 9, 2009

HBCUs

Rising Tuition Rates, Recession Having Impact on Students, Schools

Many of the nation’s colleges and universities are raising tuition for students this school year, and the economic recession is having an effect on several Minority-Serving Institutions.

August 6, 2009

Home

University of Florida’s Veterinary School Attracts Top Grads

Every year, some 900 aspiring veterinarians and animal researchers apply for 88 first-year slots at the University of Florida’s veterinary school.

July 26, 2009

Home

Researchers: Economy Sends Workers in Search of GED Credential

A new report on GED testing in 2008 is one of the latest indicators that the demand for high school education, and subsequently, higher education, has increased in a tough economy.

July 15, 2009

Students

Off the Beaten Path

The growing number of nontraditional students could spell trouble for traditional programs that are slow to adapt to this group’s needs.

June 24, 2009

HBCUs

Reviving The Great Debaters Tradition

Seventy-eight collegiate teams are competing this week at the National Debate Tournament Championships (NDT), chartered and sanctioned by the American Forensics Association. Not one of them is a historically Black college or university. The worst news is that the vast majority of the teams in the NDT do not have a single African-American debater.

March 26, 2009