Global September 2016 Premium

Hispanic-Serving State Colleges and Universities Aim to Boost Political, Civic Engagement

The “Walk 2 Vote” event is just a part of the school’s nonpartisan efforts to increase political engagement, giving the UHD a 50 percent student voter rate in 2012. It’s a notable achievement on an overwhelmingly racially diverse and non-traditional student campus; 71 percent of registered students voted in that election.

Global May 2016 Premium

My Brother’s Keeper Having Positive Impact in Communities of Color

The NoVo Foundation’s efforts to assist young women comes at a time when My Brother’s Keeper, an Obama White House initiative aimed at young men is touting his own successes.

Global May 2016 Premium

Babson Study Distance Education Enrollment Growth Continues, Courtesy of the Babson Survey Research Group

The 2015 Survey of Online Learning conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group in partnership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), Pearson, WCET, StudyPortals and Tyton Partners and released this year reveals the number of higher education students taking at least one distance education course in 2015 is up 3.9 percent over the previous year. Growth, however, was uneven; private non-profit institutions grew by 11.3 percent while private for-profit institutions saw their distance enrollments decline by 2.8 percent. These and other findings were published in a report titled, “Online Report Card: Tracking Online Education in the United States.”

Global May 2016 Premium

Del Mar College Strives to be the Antidote for Degree Disenchantment, by Michael Bratten

A bachelor’s degree in criminal justice paved the way for Leticia Cervantes to become a licensed private investigator. But after a few years in the business, usually checking on unfaithful spouses for local attorneys, she craved a more reliable income and regular work hours. Her solution: go back to school and learn cosmetology.

Global May 2016 Premium

Rutgers Mini-MBA Program Reaching out to Veterans, by Gary M. Stern

To strengthen and improve the business careers of veterans, Rutgers Business School introduced a mini-MBA program, Business Management for Military and Veterans, in fall 2015. Veterans who participate in this Executive Education program earn a non-credit certificate. The hope is if they like the program and demonstrate the right aptitude and skills, they’ll enroll in a full MBA program.

Global April 2016 Premium

New Report Highlights Promise of Holistic Graduate Admissions To Increase Diversity

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has released a report that outlines the findings of a year-long research project on holistic graduate admissions. Supported by Hobsons, a student recruitment and college admissions consultant company, the project takes a look at emerging best practices and surveys more than 500 university admissions professionals to better understand the current state of graduate admissions at U.S. institutions.

Global April 2016 Premium

The State of Higher Education, by <b>Gustavo A. Mellander</b>

Every year, nearly half of all college Freshmen drop out. Some, homesick beyond reason, have to move to a college closer to home. Others transfer to smaller institutions hoping to retain their individuality. Some just can’t cope. Unfortunately, however most dropouts never return to higher education.

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Gustavo A. Mellander

Global March 2016 Premium

Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program Student Leaders Take Flight, by Sylvia Mendoza

In seventh grade in 2004, Nataly Rivera was a natural athlete, track and field material and an average student who like thousands of other middle schoolers wanted to find her place in Shelby, Texas. Then she saw an elective class that spoke to her - the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Pro-gram.

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Sylvia Mendoza

Global January 2016 Premium

The Electoral Process and the Future of Higher Education in the US, by Dr. Priscilla Gac-Artigas

Recently in the White House Rose Garden--a place traditionally used by presidents to meet the press, receive distinguished visitors and make public policy announcements--Vice President Joe Biden announced to the Nation that he would not run for president. Nevertheless, his speech was a presidential speech with substantive content. One of the issues he addressed that struck us the most was his proposal for free higher education as a mechanism for reducing the enormous and growing social inequality in the country while ensuring economic growth. Vice President Biden thus highlighted the need to reform an unfair educational system, a system that deepens inequities by denying the students from disadvantaged sectors the opportunity to pursue a college degree.

Global July 2015 Premium

California Colleges Lead in First Round of MLB 2015 Draft and the Dominican Republic Dominates Top International Draft Prospects

Hundreds of hopeful athletes have a chance to become professional major league baseball players each year during the Major League Baseball or MLB First-Year Player Draft. This three-day event, which ended June 10, involved 40 rounds where teams such as the Yankees, the Cardinals and the Red Sox negotiate for their top picks to join their ranks.

Global August 2015

From Farm to Data Table: Students Use Geographic Information Systems to Boost Crop Yields

Last spring, the Del Mar College student was part of a team using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to measure the populations of pests like the verde plant bug and cotton fleahopper and produce data that helps farmers maximize their crop yield.