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Jamell S. Brady – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The application of educational equity has increasingly become a topic of discussion in the American higher education systems; thus, affecting so many of our key stakeholders and institutions. Educational research has addressed the need for educational equity in a plethora of ways. An in-depth analysis of strategies, and methodologies may prove…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Dual Enrollment, High School Students, Blacks
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Clark, Robert H. – Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, 2019
The purpose of this study is to construct a concise historical narrative of the development and characteristics of African American styles of marching band. While some extant research studies have been published in this area of study, the focus has been primarily on individual exemplary teachers or university band programs. In this article, much…
Descriptors: African Americans, Musical Instruments, African American Culture, Cultural Influences
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Jayaprakash, Sandeep M.; Moody, Erik W.; Lauría, Eitel J. M.; Regan, James R.; Baron, Joshua D. – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2014
The Open Academic Analytics Initiative (OAAI) is a collaborative, multi-year grant program aimed at researching issues related to the scaling up of learning analytics technologies and solutions across all of higher education. The paper describes the goals and objectives of the OAAI, depicts the process and challenges of collecting, organizing and…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, College Students, Open Source Technology, Data Analysis
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Baldwin, D.; Brady, A.; Danyluk, A.; Adams, J.; Lawrence, A. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2010
Many undergraduate liberal arts institutions offer computer science majors. This article illustrates how quality computer science programs can be realized in a wide variety of liberal arts settings by describing and contrasting the actual programs at five liberal arts colleges: Williams College, Kalamazoo College, the State University of New York…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Computer Science, Liberal Arts, Program Descriptions
Basken, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Federal and state officials investigating the student-loan industry are turning their attention to matters of race, hoping to protect students of the nation's historically black colleges. But the colleges themselves are not sure they want the help. New York's attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, and the chairman of the U.S. House education…
Descriptors: State Officials, Black Colleges, Educational Finance, Student Loan Programs
Ryan, Barbara E., Ed. – US Department of Education, 2007
The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention publishes "Catalyst," a newsletter covering current Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence (AODV) prevention issues at institutions of higher education. "Catalyst" discusses emerging issues and highlights…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Prevention, Intervention, Alcohol Abuse
Watson, Jamal – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
The Hispanic Center of Excellence, which is located on the campus of the Albert Einstein Medical Center in the Bronx, is just one of the few federally funded programs in the country charged with producing new Hispanic physicians. Recently, the Office of Management and Budget, a federal department that assists President Bush in overseeing the…
Descriptors: Physicians, Social Science Research, Hispanic American Students, Medical Schools
D'Alessandro, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2009
The NEAIR 2009 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Baltimore, Maryland conference. Papers in this document include: (1) A Principle Components Analysis of The Determinants of Student Satisfaction at a Historically Black Institution (Tao Gong and Jacqueline V. Parham); (2) Assessing and Enhancing Graduates'…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Satisfaction, Black Colleges
Hawkins, B. Denise – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2005
At Coppin State University, a historically Black university, nearly 120 ninth-graders are enrolled in the Coppin Academy. The academy is one of nearly a dozen such innovative school partnerships nationwide, aiming to apply study results that suggest that African-American students may perform better in smaller, more personalized learning…
Descriptors: Scholarship Funds, Small Classes, Educational Environment, College Programs
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Kenya, Sonjia; Brodsky, Mitchell; Divale, William; Allegrante, John P.; Fullilove, Robert E. – Journal of American College Health, 2003
The authors administered the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey to 1,219 college students who were attending a historically Black college located in New York City. They assessed the US-born Black students and Black students who emigrated to the United States for differences in risky sexual behaviors, risky dietary behaviors, and physical…
Descriptors: College Students, Sexuality, Physical Activities, Immigration
Kurian, George T., Ed. – 1988
An annual report of the conditions of higher education in the United States for 1986-1987 is presented. The 16 sub-sections are as follows: (1) introduction; (2) principal sectors of higher education (four papers, on research universities, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and state colleges); (3) issues (15 papers, e.g. academic…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This April 2, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Black Colleges and the Politics of Race" (Samuels, Albert L.); (2)…
Descriptors: African Americans, Black Colleges, Racial Discrimination, Higher Education