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Tag: Underrepresented Minority Students
Opinion
Creating Opportunities for Underrepresented Minority Students
Recent news reports have indicated that, once again, minority enrollment in New York’s eight specialized high schools was disappointing. Responding to this, New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio has called for a change in admission criteria to allow some students who do not quite make the grade on the standardized admission tests to be, nevertheless, granted admission into these eight schools. It’s little wonder why students desire such admission: these schools have historically produced some of the most successful students in New York City.
March 29, 2019
Opinion
70 Years of Integration, a Journey Still Unfolding at the University of Kentucky
One man. One courageous step. Seventy years of a journey that is still unfolding and evolving. That is the story the University of Kentucky community is celebrating with particular reverence this month and throughout the next year.
February 26, 2019
HBCUs
Dr. Qingxia Li: A Math Wiz
A faculty-written National Science Foundation grant to enhance developmental math learning ended up netting a gift to Fisk University that hasn’t stopped giving: Dr. Qingxia Li, a tenured associate professor.
February 8, 2019
Latest News
Texas Higher Education Commissioner Resigns from Post
Dr. Raymund A. Paredes is stepping down as commissioner of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on Aug. 31, closing out a 15-year tenure of leading initiatives that include increasing enrollment and graduation rates for poor and underrepresented students.
January 31, 2019
HBCUs
Panelists: More Work to be Done in Diversifying Graduate Education
Graduate school deans at top universities from across the nation say that colleges and universities can do more to diversify graduate education and avoid bias in current admissions processes in a Thursday webinar panel sponsored by Education Testing Service (ETS), GRE and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.
November 8, 2018
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