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Getting Students of Color to Vote at the Same Rate as Whites
Student voting reached a record high in 2020. Now organizations hope to keep the momentum going for 2022 with new tools designed to boost participation among all racial and ethnic groups.
Capital Campaign Watch: Catholic U, Drake, Marietta, Rice, U of Miami, U of Rhode Island
Starting Out: Drake University is starting a campaign to raise $225 million by 2024. The university has raised $107 million...
Wraparound Supports Improve Community College Outcomes
Providing community college students with comprehensive supports increases their chances of earning an associate degree within three years, according to...
Study: Women Request Fewer Deadline Extensions Than Men
A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that in academic and professional settings, women are...
Academic Minute: The Vulnerability of Online Engagement
Today on the Academic Minute: Filippo Menczer, professor of informatics and computer science at Indiana University, examines how people can...
Bridging the Gap Between Low-Income Students and Top Colleges
The National Education Equity Lab has created a model for helping low-income high school students and elite colleges connect. With philanthropists and universities partnering to provide college-level courses at no cost, many of the students have gone on to top colleges.
Tuskegee University Marching Band on Strike
The marching band at Tuskegee University in Alabama is on strike and has not performed at a football game for...
Yale Acknowledges Its Role in Slavery
Yale University last week acknowledged that enslaved people contributed to its construction and that slavery was not taken seriously by all people at the university.