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New Survey Shows Foreign Student Numbers Mostly Flat

The results of a snapshot survey by several higher education and international education…

November 13, 2005

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Number of Black Students at Southeast Missouri State Up Sharply

A decade-long effort to attract and retain more Black students to Southeast Missouri State University is paying off…

November 7, 2005

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Contemplating Katrina’s Chaos

Contemplating Katrina’s Chaos Focused on evacuees, scholars urge multifaceted response to their plight. By Ronald Roach To get some notion of how deeply scholars have been affected by Hurricane Katrina, you might look to someone like Dr. Erma Lawson, a medical sociologist from the University of North Texas. Lawson, who has been coordinating the assistance […]

November 2, 2005

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MIT Aims to Demystify Campus by Inviting Minority Grad Students for Weekend Visit

Just a few months ago, Miguel Paredes from the University of Lima in Peru thought MIT was an impossible dream. After spending time on campus during the all-expenses-paid graduate preview weekend…

October 27, 2005

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Student Looks to Open Latino Fraternity at Iowa State University

Is there enough interest at Iowa State University to support a multicultural fraternity aimed at Latino students? That’s the question facing Juan Guardia, a graduate student…

October 26, 2005

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In Efforts to Address Obesity, Black College Cafeterias Are Rolling Out Veggie-Heavy Menus

It’s an October afternoon at Norfolk State University, and the dining hall on this predominantly Black campus has enough tantalizing choices to throw graduate student Tina Carroll into a lunchtime dilemma.

October 23, 2005

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Against All Odds

While a graduate student at Stanford University, Veronica Mendoza conducted research on six Latino students

October 19, 2005

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Report: International Student Enrollments Decline, Graduate Enrollments Increase, Undergraduates Drop

The number of international students enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions decreased by 2.4 percent in 2003/04 to a total of 572,509, according to Open Doors 2004…

October 10, 2005

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Survey Shows Mobile Gaming Nearly Doubling

The annual “Digital Gaming in America” survey by Ziff Davis Media Game Group reveals that cell phone gaming has

October 5, 2005

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University of Colorado Sees Small Increase in Minority Enrollment

The University of Colorado enrolled slightly more ethnic minorities this fall than last, according to figures recently released.

September 19, 2005

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Graduate Culture

Most Americans are the descendants of immigrants who risked everything to come to this country to chase Story:

July 13, 2005

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Hide and Seek: Diversity in the Ivy League

By Dr. Yolanda Pierce The New York Times recently published an article titled “Little Advance Is Seen in Ivies’ Hiring of Minorities and Women.” The article leaves the reader with two distinct impressions: First, the pool of qualified minority scholars is just too small. And second, domestic issues make these high-powered jobs unattractive to female […]

April 6, 2005