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Students

New Book Sheds Light on the Doctoral Student Experience

A new book authored by Drs. Michael T. Nettles and Catherine M. Millett offers a comprehensive look inside the experience of graduate…

March 22, 2006

Home

A One-year Jump in Diversity Comes Only After Many Years’ Effort

Nicole Hernandez arrived at Syracuse University recently for freshman orientation, but she already knew the place well. Story:

September 5, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Higher Education, College Rankings

Higher Education, College Rankings And Access for Lower-Income StudentsBy Dr. James T. Harris III The 20th century has been called the American Century, and one of its leitmotifs was the great leap forward for millions of Americans from poverty into the middle class. In the 1960s and 1970s, the implementation of the Higher Education Act […]

January 12, 2005

Students

Getting Smart About Higher Education Involves Doing Your Homework

Getting Smart About Higher Education Involves Doing Your HomeworkSo you’ve gotten the good news: “Overproduction” of Ph.D.s is, by and large, a myth. Many fields are experiencing painful shortages of Ph.D.s. Bioinformatics is one, notes Peter Syverson, vice president of research for the Council of Graduate Schools. “We’re not producing any Ph.D.s in bioinformatics because, […]

July 2, 2003

Community Colleges

Enrollment Up, Retention Rates Down for Minorities in Connecticut Colleges

Enrollment Up, Retention Rates Down for Minorities in Connecticut CollegesHARTFORD, Conn.Connecticut’s colleges are enrolling Black and Hispanic students at record rates, but fail to keep many of them in the classroom, say state education officials. Minority students also are concentrated at lower-level programs such as two-year colleges, the Department of Higher Education said in an […]

March 28, 2001