24 janvier 2016
19 janvier 2016
Universities to enrol more ethnic minority students
Chinese universities have agreed to expand annual enrolments of ethnic minority students from the tension-fraught western region of Xinjiang to 10,000 by 2020, up from the current year's 6,800, reports Associated Press. Read more...
11 décembre 2015
How a President Is Fighting Online Harassment of Minority Students
By Peter Schmidt. The Yik Yak comment was one of several last week that had the university’s minority students complaining of feeling harassed or endangered. Some of the posts appeared to be reactions to a debate over whether the university’s mascot, the Viking, was sufficiently racially inclusive. More...
10 décembre 2015
Helping Minority Ph.D.'s in STEM: Something's Working
By . Earning a Ph.D. in a STEM field is meant to be challenging, but data has shown it can be especially so for minority students. While universities have had some success in diversifying their STEM graduate ranks in recent years, completion rates for Ph.D. candidates who are African-American, Latino, Native American, or Alaska Native have lagged behind those of their white, Asian-American, and foreign counterparts. More...
16 novembre 2015
Ethnic minorities 'more likely to go to university' than white working-class British children
By Javier Espinoza. White British children are being left behind as they are the least likely of any ethnic group to go to university, a five-year study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has revealed for the first time. Read more...
21 septembre 2015
Supporting the college dream for all students
By Stefanie Botelho. Every day on my campus, I encounter and interact with students who at one time thought, or perhaps were told, that college was not a place for them. Unfortunately, too many students with the ability to succeed in college have the same experience. They are ethnic minorities, including Native Americans. More...
20 septembre 2015
Ethnic minority students less likely to win university places
By Richard Adams and Caelainn Barr. Ucas data shows white students with similar A-level results are more successful at all levels of university entrance. More...
19 septembre 2015
Visible Minority Numbers Rise Sharply
By . I was poking around some data from the Canadian Undergraduate Survey Consortium the other day and I found some utterly mind-blowing data. Take a look at these statistics on the percentage of first-year students self-identifying as a “visible minority” on the Consortium’s triennial Survey of First Year Students. More...
24 août 2015
Deciding to study abroad can be tricky for minority ethnic students
By Fedora Abu. Planning time abroad is stressful for any student, but for BME students there’s also potential racism to contend with. More...
3 mai 2015
Minority of Colleges Report ‘Socially Responsible Investing’
By Andy Thomason. A sizable minority of colleges manage their investments according to “socially responsible” principles, according to the results of a new survey by the Commonfund Institute. More...
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