Tag: Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs): Page 2

Students

Report Highlights MSIs as ‘Underutilized Resource’ for Strengthening STEM Workforce

Providing early research experiences and creating supportive campus environments are among the promising and intentional strategies outlined in a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine focused on the impact and role of minority-serving institutions (MSIs) in producing graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

December 19, 2018

HBCUs

Report: Women and Minorities Continue to be Underrepresented in Computer Science

Though the field of computer science has seen strides in the increased number of people earning degrees and in job openings across the country in recent years, the field is still lacking diverse representation of women and minorities.

December 17, 2018

HBCUs

Marybeth Gasman to Join Rutgers Faculty

Dr. Marybeth Gasman, who has established herself as one of the nation’s most prominent scholars of historically Black colleges in particular and minority-serving institutions in general, is leaving the University and Pennsylvania to join the faculty at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, in the Fall.

December 6, 2018

HBCUs

Governing HBCUs for the Future

More scrutiny has been placed on administrative practices, presidential turnover and board of trustees’ decision-making and presidential relations. Historically and contemporarily, this conversation has centered on the HBCU presidency. However, as we move into the HBCU community’s next great era, it is imperative that current ideas around leadership be broadened to include all parties that strategically plan and make decisions for HBCUs.

November 4, 2018

MSIs

Briefing Addresses Teacher Shortage and Diversity

WASHINGTON – While some changes have been proposed, more must be made to address a teacher shortage that is affecting K-12 education across the nation, particularly for low-income and Black students. Strategies to address pipeline problems and their impact were discussed Tuesday by panelists at a briefing organized by the Learning Policy Institute.

September 25, 2018

HBCUs

Alabama Senator Introduces Bill to Support MSIs

U.S. Senator Doug Jones  has introduced the Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act which will increase mandatory funding levels from $255 million to $300 million for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions of higher education. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently investigated the capital finance needs of HBCUs. Its report found that 46 percent of all HBCU buildings are […]

September 18, 2018

Latinx

FIU Takes a Holistic Approach to Student Success

Florida International University’s (FIU) commitment to putting students first positions the university as a leader in producing minority degree-holders in various academic fields. With the Student Support Services Program, evidence-based student success strategies and a holistic approach to student success overall for its diverse student population, FIU has improved its four-year graduation rate by 14 […]

August 22, 2018

MSIs

Overcoming Challenges, Scholar is Making a Difference

Being a young scholar in higher education has come with its own set of challenges for Dr. Nicholas D. Hartlep, an associate professor of urban education and the chair of the early childhood and elementary education department at Metropolitan State University.

August 22, 2018

Latinx

Brighid Dwyer: Advancing Diversity and Building Bridges Through Intergroup Dialogue

Dr. Brighid Dwyer specializes in helping people talk to each other. Not at each other or past each other, but across lines of division ranging from age, race and gender to religion, sexual orientation and political views.

August 21, 2018

MSIs

Guide Serves as Resource for Prospective Minority Ph.D. Students

A new guide out this week from the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) at the University of Pennsylvania is giving students a free, easy-to-use framework to begin their journey to a Ph.D.

August 14, 2018

Leadership & Policy

Building Student Satisfaction, Presidents Move in, Dine in and Workout

College presidents around the country are gearing up to welcome their students to campus in innovative ways this fall. For many institutional leaders, opportunities to engage with students have increasingly become a priority to improve customer service for students and their families.

August 9, 2018

Latinx

Report Details Wide Latino, White College-Attainment Gaps in Colorado

Colorado, the second most-educated state in the nation, has a college-attainment gap between White and Latino residents that is the worst among the nine states with the largest Latino populations.

August 8, 2018