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Tag: Florida International University: Page 2
Latinx
FIU Takes a Holistic Approach to Student Success
Florida International University’s (FIU) commitment to putting students first positions the university as a leader in producing minority degree-holders in various academic fields. With the Student Support Services Program, evidence-based student success strategies and a holistic approach to student success overall for its diverse student population, FIU has improved its four-year graduation rate by 14 […]
August 22, 2018
Latinx
Program Preps Latinx Students for Professoriate in Humanities
The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions recently held its inaugural Cross-Institutional Conference for the HSI Pathways to the Professoriate Program, a $5.1-million grant initiative sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that aims to diversify the professoriate by supporting 90 students at three Hispanic Serving Institutions as they prepare to apply and matriculate into doctoral programs in the humanities.
March 22, 2018
News Roundup
‘Multiple’ Fatalities When FL Bridge Collapses
MIAMI — A pedestrian bridge being built across an eight-lane highway collapsed at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing eight vehicles under massive slabs and killing multiple people, authorities said. Search and rescue missions were underway. Eight people were taken to hospitals. The exact number of fatalities was not immediately known. “The main focus is to […]
March 15, 2018
News Roundup
17 Universities Oppose Anti-Smoking Group with Tobacco Ties
Seventeen public health schools in the U.S. and Canada pledged Thursday to refuse research money from a new anti-smoking group funded by the tobacco industry. The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World was created in September with nearly $1 billion from the Philip Morris tobacco company, saying it aims to end smoking worldwide and support research […]
January 25, 2018
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How Faculty of Color Hurt Their Careers Helping Universities with Diversity
New research backs up previous studies that suggest professors of color may be imperiling their tenure and promotion prospects by performing service work to help their institutions become more racially inclusive.
November 27, 2017
Latinx
Accelerating Latino Success in Postsecondary Education is Focus for Excelencia
Excelencia convened higher education and nonprofit leaders in Washington, D.C. late last week to celebrate programs and institutions that are doing particularly outstanding work advancing Latino student success at all levels of the educational pathway, from K-12 to graduate school.
October 8, 2017
International
FIU Study Reveals False Pricing Caused $2.3 Trillion in U.S. Tax Loss
MIAMI ― A new Florida International University professor’s study has found that corporate tax evasion and money laundering cost the U.S. some $2.3 trillion in lost taxes. The just-released study of federal customs data by FIU business professor John Zdanowicz indicates U.S. companies used false invoices to hide the true value of imported and exported […]
August 4, 2016
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