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STEM

Online Platform Helps Students with Hiring Process in STEM Field

During his time as a technology consultant at Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Duke University alumnus Aditya Sharma was influenced to create the online platform HiCounselor after he often was approached by students asking for career advice and job referrals.

August 10, 2018

STEM

UC Irvine Piloting Program to Hire Diverse STEM Faculty

As part of an effort to hire a more diverse group of faculty within the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) department, the University of California, Irvine (UCI) created the Building Our Own Pipeline to the Professoriate program.

August 3, 2018

Opinion

Supporting the Entry of Older Adult Students into College Classrooms

In 2015, at the age of 99, Doretha Daniels earned her college degree. She is the oldest of a new minority of students who are earning their college degrees much later in life.

April 17, 2018

Students

UC Irvine Chancellor Apologizes After School Rescinds Admission Offers

SAN DIEGO — The chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, says the school has readmitted most of the 500 students whose admission offers were rescinded last month. Chancellor Howard Gillman apologized Wednesday for the “unacceptable distress” caused to students after the campus abruptly pulled the offers for the current fall semester. The Los Angeles […]

September 14, 2017

Students

Desegregation Not Same as Diversity and Inclusion

Do colleges and university senior administrators have a coherent definition of diversity that moves beyond demographics?

December 17, 2015

Home

Higher Ed Powerhouse Provides New Face to For-profit Colleges

As access to higher education for minorities continues to be an underlying diversity concern, Constance Iloh looks forward to her new role as assistant professor of higher education at the University of California, Irvine.

March 9, 2015

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Students of Single-Parent Homes Losing Ground

If graduating from college means beating the odds associated with being raised in a single-parent home, then beating the odds has gotten progressively tougher over the past several decades, a new analysis shows.

March 2, 2015