Tag: Majority Minority

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Fortenberry Engineers Change Through ASEE

Dr. Norman Fortenberry, executive director of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), promotes engineering education.

June 14, 2015

Opinion

Changing Demographics: What Does It Mean Now and in the Future?

People tend to steer away from acknowledging race as an influential component to education, but it is intertwined in the fabric and has become so much a part of the culture that it is unrecognizable.

February 27, 2014

African-American

History Motivates SEC Inclusion Program Boss to Keep Door Open

For Pamela Gibbs, the need to create paths to diversity and equality within the workplace is rooted in a history of personal and academic triumphs during the civil rights movement.

December 29, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Parent Plus Loan Tightening Yields Negative Consequences

Paying for college has always been a struggle for Christian Fair, a first-generation computer engineering student at Johnson C. Smith University.

November 12, 2013

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Survey Explores U.S. Diversity Awareness, Willingness to Target Racial Disparities

Release of new survey continues collaboration between the Center for American Progress and PolicyLink on ascertaining public understanding of a changing America.

October 22, 2013

Students

Open Enrollment for IB Programs Discussed at NASPA Conference

The argument was made that even if a student does not have the grades for an IB class, progress made in the course would better equip the student for college.

June 10, 2013

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Scholar’s Analysis Details Rapid Growth of Latinos in K-12, College Populations

Noted economist and demographer Mark Hugo Lopez has explained how a recent surge in Latino students attending U.S. colleges resulted in Hispanics becoming the largest minority group enrolled in four-year institutions.

January 30, 2013

Students

Experts View Higher Tuition Issues From Many Different Angles

Panel cites a series of challenges that it says putting more money into Pell Grants isn’t going to solve.

December 6, 2012

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Howard University Forum Urges Multicultural Marketing

Representatives from top media and marketing companies advised advertising executives to learn how to engage and to market in a multicultural society.

September 13, 2011

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Commentary: A Finding in Search of an Explanation

Much of the public reaction to NIH’s acknowledgement of shortcomings in its grant giving blames the victim, a prominent advocate for diversity in science writes.

August 31, 2011

African-American

Census: More Blacks in South Moving to Suburbs

African-Americans in the South are shunning city life for the suburbs at the highest levels in decades, rapidly integrating large metropolitan areas that were historically divided between inner-city Blacks and suburban Whites.

March 20, 2011

Students

Georgia Tech Sees ‘Room for Progress’ After Half Century of Integration

Fifty years after its integration, Georgia Tech recommits itself to providing institutional access to underserved students.

February 16, 2011