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Students

Engaging Community College Students

As soon as they walk through the door, new community college students should see an advisor who will help chart the path students need to follow to achieve their educational goals, but that’s only happening for half of the students, say researchers from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement, which is releasing a new report today that provides a blueprint for community college student success.

November 11, 2007

Students

Engaging Community College Students

As soon as they walk through the door, new community college students should see an advisor who will help chart the path students need to follow to achieve their educational goals, but that’s only happening for half of the students, say researchers from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement, which is releasing a new report today that provides a blueprint for community college student success.

November 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

University President Asks State for $129 Million Next Year

DOVER, Del. University of Delaware President Patrick Harker is asking state budget writers for $600,000 for a new institute that would match faculty members working on renewable energy with research partners in the private sector.

November 6, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Survey Offers a Snapshot of Hovering College Parents

College administrators grumble about the rise of “helicopter parents,” moms and dads who keep hovering over the lives of their children even after they leave for college. But helicopter parents aren’t just hovering. They’re swooping down in attack mode.

November 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Survey Offers a Snapshot of Hovering College Parents

College administrators grumble about the rise of “helicopter parents,” moms and dads who keep hovering over the lives of their children even after they leave for college.

November 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Taking Flight Internationally

As the new director of the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University and a specialist in Latin American history, Dr. Ben Vinson strengthens the center’s internationalist orientation.

October 31, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Grants and Gifts

Armstrong Atlantic State University (Ga.) has been awarded $483,760 by the National Science Foundation for scholarships to support students in computer science, information technology, mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics fields. The Association of American Indian Physicians and its partners in the Healthier Indian Country Initiative have received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department […]

October 31, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Test-Driving Their Passions

As Watson fellows, recent college graduates spend a year abroad without the requirement of producing a research project. But most do, and academically and professionally,the experience proves priceless.

October 31, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Study: Minority Faculty Severely Underrepresented in Top 100 STEM Departments

U.S. policymakers need to step in with policies that help boost the number of tenured and tenure-track minority faculty members in science and engineering fields, if the United States is to remain competitive on global scale in these areas, argued a group of minority scholars at a press conference on Capital Hill.

October 30, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Budget Gives UW Campuses Money to Add Students, Researchers

MADISON Wis. The University of Wisconsin System is about to get bigger.

October 29, 2007

Faculty & Staff

University of Tennessee Faculty Demands Computer System Improvements

KNOXVILLE Tenn. University of Tennessee professors, frustrated by e-mail outages and Internet security concerns, are demanding improvements in the university’s computer system.

October 29, 2007

Faculty & Staff

With Record-breaking Attendance, Annual SREB Conference Addresses Recruitment, Retention of Minority Faculty

ARLINGTON, VA. Hundreds of doctoral candidates, faculty and university administrators converged on Arlington, Va., last week for the 14th annual Compact for Faculty Diversity Institute, a three-day conference on teaching and mentoring hosted by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), an educational advocacy organization based in Atlanta.

October 28, 2007