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Students

ACT Report: College Readiness Improves, But Many Grads Still Lack College-Ready Skills

IOWA CITY, Iowa National ACT scores rose significantly in 2006 and both males and females from all racial ethnic groups have shown improvement, according to a report released earlier this week by the testing agency. ACT says 2006 has seen the biggest increase in 20 years.

August 16, 2006

Students

University of Arkansas Launches Ad Campaign for Hispanics, Blacks

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. In arguably one of the boldest attempts to deliberately recruit a specific demographic group, the University of Arkansas has approved a $300,000 marketing initiative to attract larger numbers of African-American and Hispanic students to the state’s flagship university.

July 31, 2006

STEM

Study: California Admissions Process Unfair to Blacks

Black applicants are being systematically blocked from the University of California system partly because of a flawed admission scheme…

June 28, 2006

STEM

University of Wisconsin Race-conscious Admissions Under Fire

Facing a backlash from parents and lawmakers, University of Wisconsin system leaders are downplaying their plans to change admissions policies to give greater weight to nonacademic factors such as race and income.

June 25, 2006

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George Mason’s SAT-Optional Admissions Policy Could Boost Diversity

Starting this fall, George Mason University will permit high school seniors with strong academic records to apply…

June 14, 2006

Students

Study: Flawed Admissions Process Reason for Black Student Decline in California

Black applicants are being systematically blocked from the University of California system in part because of its flawed admission scheme, according to a new University of California, Los Angeles report released Tuesday.

June 12, 2006

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George Mason’s SAT-Optional Admissions Policy Could Boost Diversity

George Mason University announced this week that it will permit high school seniors with strong academic records to apply for admission without standardized test scores — a policy that could mean improved access to college for under-represented minorities.

May 25, 2006

Latinx

New Mexico State Hopes to Draw Students from Minority-Serving Institutions

New Mexico State University regents, seeking to boost enrollment, have approved three programs involving out-of-state tuition waivers — including a pilot project to analyze the elimination of nonresident tuition.

May 15, 2006

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Research Round-up: Parenthood and Graduation Gap; Neighborhood Safety and Obesity; and Parent Education Predicts SAT Scores

A recent study in the journal Research in Higher Education found that 32 percent of Black women reported having had a child within five years of entering a four-year college.

May 7, 2006

Home

High-achieving Teens Choose College Based on Quality of Specific Majors

High-achieving college bound seniors aren’t looking at college rankings, institutional reputation nor parental advice when choosing a college…

April 9, 2006

Students

When Academics And Athletics Collide

When things are going right, there’s nobody more popular on the college campus than the student-athlete…

April 5, 2006

Leadership & Policy

George Washington President to Step Down

George Washington University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg announced today his plans to step down when his contract expires in the summer of 2007…

April 4, 2006