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Health

Grant helps attract underprivileged students to nursing careers

High school students in Washington State’s poorest legislative district get introduced to nursing careers, thanks to a new diversity grant from the federal Health Resources Service Administration.

April 17, 2011

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Naval Academy Settles with Critical Professor

An outspoken critic of the U.S. Naval Academy’s admissions policies has settled a complaint that alleged he was wrongly denied a pay raise for exercising his First Amendment rights.

January 26, 2011

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Kansas Regents Approve Tougher University Admissions

The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved tougher admission standards, particularly in math and critical reading. The requirements take effect in four years at higher education institutions, but will affect high school freshmen next fall.

December 16, 2010

International

University of New Hampshire Aims to Boost Revenue, Diversity With Program

The University of New Hampshire is hoping to boost both revenue and the diversity of its student body by partnering with an outside company to recruit and support international students.

November 4, 2010

Community Colleges

SAT Takers Grow More Diverse, Scores Stagnate

More students from diverse backgrounds are taking the SAT, a College Board report released Monday shows, but critics warn that their performance on the college entrance exam raises concerns about the current quality of K-12 U.S. education.

September 13, 2010

African-American

ACT Scores Dip, But More Students College-ready

Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam inched downward this year, yet slightly more students who took the test proved to be prepared for college, according to a report released Wednesday.

August 18, 2010

Faculty & Staff

New Initiative To Examine Equity of College-access Programs

A new Kresge Foundation-funded research effort launching this summer will better equip teachers and administrators at two Boston high schools in getting their students prepared for college.

June 20, 2010

African-American

Grambling State President To Step Down

The president of historically Black Grambling State University is stepping down from his position after five years with the university, effective October 31.

October 22, 2009

African-American

First-year Black Student Enrollment Drop Raises Diversity Concerns at University of Maryland

The institutional research office at the University of Maryland-College Park released startling numbers showing that among first-year students African-Americans experienced a 28-percent drop in the number of enrollees from 539 in 2008 to 387 in 2009 at the flagship campus.

October 11, 2009

African-American

Hampden-Sydney’s Superstar President Makes Splash

Christopher Howard has taken the helm of Hampden-Sydney College as the first African-American to lead the all-male Virginia liberal arts college.

September 27, 2009

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Pupils don’t aim high enough for college

Four years ago, two of the most influential researchers in higher education dove into a huge pool of data hoping to answer a bedeviling question: Why do so many students who start college fail to graduate?

September 10, 2009

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SHIPPING IN

For a second consecutive year, the Naval Academy has admitted its most diverse class, and its work isn’t done.

September 2, 2009