'Access to Success' will assist low-income, minority students

University Wire;  November 19, 2007 ;     633 words ......effort to improve graduation rates of low-income and minority students through the Access to Success initiative...graduates by minimizing the gap between low-income and minority students compared to all other students by the...that they are being used to benefit ...

Report finds unequal opportunities in higher ed for low-income, minority...

University Wire;  November 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ......fewer low-income and minority students than in the past...opportunities for poor and minority students. The Education Trust...low-income, the low-income students for whom such aid...where many poor and minority students first enroll ...

KENTUCKY LOOKS FOR WAY TO RETAIN MINORITY STUDENTS

Evansville Courier & Press;  April 10, 2006 ;     519 words ......Education reveals that while more minority students are enrolled in state colleges than...graduating. The study shows the number of minority students enrolled at state schools has risen...study also shows the dropout rate of minority students has risen from 28.5 percent to 30...

Handbook offers minority students guide to life on campus

University Wire;  February 5, 1998 ;     683 words ......Succeed on a Majority Campus: A Guide for Minority Students, of what minority students often experience at a predominantly white...and false," Levey said. "Many times, minority students think about themselves as different...

OPINION DIVIDED ON RACE RELATIONS AT UW, MORE MINORITY STUDENTS THAN...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  April 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Wisconsin State Journal Many more minority students than whites at UW-Madison -- over...university experience more highly than minority students, a recent survey found. In the classroom...differences along racial lines continued. Minority students gave lower ratings to the quality...

UC to use special recruiting to retain minority students.(Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ......use special recruiting to retain minority students already admitted for next fall, and...Responding to a sharp decline in minority students admitted at Berkeley andLos Angeles...fund aimed especially at keeping minority students in the system. Among the tactics...

Low expectations blamed for lagging minority students

University Wire;  October 19, 1999 ;     440 words ......Board report released Sunday said minority students are falling behind in all levels...social and institutional factors. Minority students fall prey to educators' self-fulfilling...to address everyday experiences of minority students, the study states. Without that link...

Number of minority students at U. Nebraska increased

University Wire;  October 25, 2000 ;     524 words ......LINCOLN, Neb. -- The number of minority students at the University of Nebraska-Linco...increase in the proportion of minority students compared to total enrollment...slight, the actual number of minority students at UNL did increase by 4...

Strangers on a strange campus.(college recruiting of top minority...

U.S. News & World Report;  May 1, 2000 ;     664 words ......forecast. Snow? In mid-April? With 70 minority students coming to visit Maine from Kentucky...palpable at campuses trying to woo top minority students--especially remote schools like Bowdoin...urban high schools, flies dozens of minority students in for visits, and touts the ...

Minority students lose ground

Daily Breeze;  September 1, 2002 ;     404 words ...Minority students lose ground At issue: What can be done to help minority students, particularly Latinos, boost scores on the...SAT) results are far from encouraging for minority students. While students nationwide raised their scores...

Designing a model program for minority students

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......designing a model journalism program for minority students could prove to be both enlightening...multicultural environment * better integrate minority students into university life * increase involvement...of minority and white faculty with minority students inside and outside of the ...

OUT OF REACH MINORITY STUDENTS MISSING THE WASL MARK.(P-I Focus)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  November 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......graveyard. The dreams of the state's minority students and their parents quietly are being...indicate that the road ahead for minority students is much rockier than most of us want...disaster unfolding among the state's minority students. Because reports based on averages...

Web site introduces new minority students to Boise State U.

University Wire;  August 20, 1999 ;     405 words ......Arbiter) (U-WIRE) BOISE, Idaho -- Minority students considering enrolling at Boise State...scholarships and learn about other minority students. Ramon Silva, a minority enrollment...says the site provides a tool for minority students looking to fund higher education...

Area districts see uneven influx of minority students

Palatine Countryside (IL);  November 19, 1998 ;     553 words ......attracting more minority students than others. While...least number of minority students among northwest...districts had fewer low-income students last year, with...about 4 percent low-income students. Elementary School...a rise in it's minority ...

Report Describes Proven Pathways to Success for Minority Students

The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education;  September 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......and many minority and low-income students? Not only would this...affect the lives of low-income students, minority students and students who are...difference on behalf of minority students, it is attention. Successful...graduation rates for minority ...