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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

Opinion

Americans More Accepting of Interracial Couples and Marriages

Mildred and Richard Loving were a mixed-race couple from Virginia who were arrested by local law enforcement in July 1958 for violating the then state’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which prohibited White-Black marriages.

January 23, 2014

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State Colleges, Universities Advised to Embrace Change

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities kicked off its annual conference Wednesday with an emphasis on adaptation and innovation.

December 12, 2013

Community Colleges

Behind the Numbers: College Enrollment Decreasing Overall

A recent report released by the Census Bureau found a sharp decline in college enrollment rates from 2011 to 2012 of nearly half a million students (467,000), a 2 percent dip.  This drop-off comes as a surprise, as college enrollment has been on an upswing with 3.2 million new students enrolling in undergraduate and graduate […]

September 26, 2013

Students

Millennials the Victims of Circumstances

I would argue that circumstances have treated Millennials poorly as they have reached young adulthood and their post college years.

September 18, 2013

Sports

Analysis: 2012 Higher Education Enrollment Rate of Latino High School Graduates Surpassed That of Whites

For the first time, the college enrollment rate of Latino high school graduates surpassed that of White high school graduates in 2012, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project.

September 10, 2013

Students

Improving the Pathway to Higher Education

A seamless pathway must be created for two-year college graduates to transfer to four-year institutions that will prepare them for the 21st century workforce.

July 23, 2013

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Penn State Applications Down 9 Percent This Year

Population declines and concerns over how to pay for a college education contributed to a roughly 9 percent decline in applications to Penn State this year, university officials said.

April 25, 2013

Students

Time for Minority-Serving Institutions to Think Globally

A commitment to improving the future of marginalized racial, ethnic, and religious groups need not be restricted to a dialogue taking place within the U.S. borders.

March 3, 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

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Report Discusses Top Trends in Student Enrollment

Trends “have created a marketplace situation where higher education administrators must think differently and evolve in a manner that responds to the needs of individuals, families and our society.”

January 24, 2013

Students

It’s Tough to Trailblaze: Challenges of First-Generation College Students

College attendance has become less of a privilege and more of a necessity in the contemporary workforce.

January 23, 2013