Tag: Institutional Research: Page 3

Students

Community College Summit to Highlight Initiatives, Promote New Ideas

White House community college summit is set to open a chapter on two-year institutions expanding their role in U.S. postsecondary education and work-force preparation.

October 4, 2010

Faculty & Staff

NSSE Data Helps Institutions Foster Minority Student Success

Founded 11 years ago at Indiana University, the National Survey of Student Engagement program has grown in size and influence. Its annual results are widely reported in the media.

August 15, 2010

Students

Iowa State Honors its Past With Current Diversity Measures

Iowa State University renews its commitment to diversity, living up to the legacy created when it cultivated the interests of its distinguished first Black alumnus, George Washington Carver.

May 4, 2010

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

Students

Innovative Retention Policies Highlighted in New York Meeting

More than 500 college and university officials learn winning student retention strategies at national symposium last week in Buffalo, N.Y.

October 5, 2009

Home

Hampton Pharmacy School Accreditation Renewed

The pharmacy school at Hampton University recently won a six-month-long battle to retain its accreditation when the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) voted to release the school from probation and continue accreditation until June 2011.

July 8, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Professional Appointments

DR. CORDELIA CHÁVEZ CANDELARIA has been appointed dean of Dedman College and University Distinguished Professor at Southern Methodist University (Texas), effective July 1. She previously served as dean of the Office of Strategic Affairs and Regents Professor in the Department of English and Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Arizona State University. She […]

March 19, 2009

Students

Chief Diversity Officers: Different Models for Success

“Someone once told me diversity work wasn’t rocket science. If only it was that easy.”

February 9, 2009

Recruitment & Retention

Fewer College Students Returning for Second Year

First-year college retention is slipping among the nation’s four-year, public and private institutions, while retention rates are increasing at two-year public colleges, researchers say.

January 26, 2009

Students

UCLA Study Reveals Growing Gender Gap Among Hispanic College Students

UCLA Study Reveals Growing Gender Gap Among Hispanic College Students.

October 15, 2008

Asian American Pacific Islander

UCLA Scholars Receive Research Award for Study of Asian Students

The authors of the largest compilation and analysis of data on Asian American college students recently received the 2008 Asian Pacific American Network Outstanding Contribution to APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans) Research Award from the American College Personnel Association-College Student Educators International.

April 16, 2008

Leadership & Policy

College Leaders Say Ohio’s New Education Plan a Good Start

College administrators generally support Ohio’s new goals of making higher education more affordable through lower tuition and more accountable by setting up a system of benchmarks.

April 7, 2008