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Beating the at-risk odds: family approach credited as key to Silas Craft Collegians Program's success
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The tumultuous economy has been a boon to ever-popular community college honors programs as...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 12/11/08 by David Pluviose · More from publication -
Learning while undocumented: North Carolina community college students are caught in the cross hairs of illegal immigration opponents
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] North Carolina's 58 community colleges have been key players in the state's fast-shifting...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 10/02/08 by David Pluviose · More from publication -
The Meyerhoff model: twenty years later, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's efforts to increase the number of minorities pursuing graduate STEM degrees have become something to study and replicate
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a sea of bad news concerning the lack of Black male representation on college campuses, an...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 07/10/08 by David Pluviose · More from publication -
Presidential memoirs: a conversation with outgoing Johnson C. Smith University president Dorothy C. Yancy
Though Dr. Dorothy C. Yancy says she had "no intention" of assuming the presidency of Johnson C. Smith University when tapped to lead her alma...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 06/26/08 by David Pluviose · More from publication -
Remedying the Black male "crisis": with high dropout, unemployment and incarceration rates, more than 50 organizations convene to develop action plans to address a disturbing trend
PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA Numerous organizations intent on reversing alarming disparities in school dropout and incarceration rates among Black...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 05/01/08 by David Pluviose · More from publication -
Community college no longer? Harper College's effort to gain baccalaureate-granting status has sparked a debate in Illinois over the mission of two-year colleges
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Community colleges have long been the destination of choice for immigrants seeking...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 04/03/08 by David Pluviose · More from publication -
Community college by choice: two-year colleges are increasingly serving high-achieving students, while at the same time, trying to avoid mission creep
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Certainly, "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno has nurtured the perception that community colleges are a...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 02/21/08 by David Pluviose · More from publication -
Engineering education: demystifying engineering
MONICA COX MONICA COX Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Education, Purdue University Education: Ph.D., Higher Education...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 01/10/08 by David Pluviose · More from publication -
Black, Brown and College Bound: annual conference focuses on boosting minority male higher ed attainment
TAMPA, FLA. TAMPA, FLA. Like numerous professional athletes who have maintained ties with childhood friends with spotty criminal records even...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 12/27/07 by David Pluviose · More from publication -
Serving the undocumented: California community colleges struggle to navigate "frustrating" financial aid process for undocumented students
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine a high school senior in California who has maintained an A average all through grade...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 12/13/07 by David Pluviose · More from publication
