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Minority Serving Institutions and STEM: Acting Intentionally, Increasing Effectiveness

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:27:44 +0000

ACE Vice President Lorelle L. Espinosa, who co-chaired the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s committee on Minority Serving Institutions, writes that the most successful STEM programs are multidimensional and intentional, addressing the academic, financial, and social aspects of the student experience. Minority serving institutions (MSIs) are a valuable yet underused resource for diversifying our nation’s STEM workforce. The National ...

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Morgan State Preservation Project Encourages African Americans in Architecture

ACE — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:00:33 +0000

This summer, six students from Morgan State University (MSU), a historically black university in Maryland, participated in a hands-on historical preservation project called “Touching History: Preservation in Practice.” The project is part of a pilot program to increase African American representation in architecture and related career paths. MSU’s press release cites statistics from the National Architectural Accrediting Board showing that 42 ...

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MSIs Are a Viable Path up the Economic Ladder

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:36:44 +0000

By Morgan Taylor Minority serving institutions (MSIs) serve an important role in higher education—and in the lives of millions of students of color and students from low-income backgrounds. The U.S. Department of Education’s eligibility matrix currently flags over 700 institutions as eligible to apply for federal MSI designation and funding under Title III and Title V of the Higher Education Opportunity ...

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Moving Away From Data Invisibility at Tribal Colleges and Universities

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:30:36 +0000

By Christine A. Nelson This blog is part of a series highlighting the findings from Pulling Back the Curtain: Enrollment and Outcomes at Minority Serving Institutions. The invisibility of Native American [1] perspectives—those of Native students, researchers and their communities—continues to plague higher education, despite numerous calls for action from educational advocates across the country. A recent report from ACE, Pulling Back ...

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AANAPISIs: Ensuring Success for Asian American and Pacific Islander Students

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:32:53 +0000

This blog is part of a series highlighting the findings from Pulling Back the Curtain: Enrollment and Outcomes at Minority Serving Institutions. Higher education as a whole can learn valuable lessons from minority serving institutions (MSIs), especially when we reflect on how to help college students succeed. As many of us in education know, an ongoing challenge for colleges and universities ...

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How Predominantly Black Institutions Help Low-Income, First-Generation African American Students Succeed

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:29:16 +0000

This blog is part of a series highlighting the findings from Pulling Back the Curtain: Enrollment and Outcomes at Minority Serving Institutions. Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) are not well understood in the higher education lexicon, despite serving a large number of students of color: namely, a large number of black or African American students. One reason for this has to do ...

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A Closer Look at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:18:46 +0000

By Gina A. Garcia & Morgan Taylor This blog is part of a series highlighting the findings from Pulling Back the Curtain: Enrollment and Outcomes at Minority Serving Institutions. Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) have a rich and storied history. Beginning as a grassroots effort in the 1980s, HSIs were first recognized by educators and policymakers as institutions that enroll a large concentration ...

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Minority Serving Institutions Perform Better Than Federal Graduation Rates Suggest

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:30:23 +0000

By Morgan Taylor Minority serving institutions (MSIs) are critical to this country’s higher education landscape and to the communities they serve. In providing access to postsecondary education for millions of students of color who come from disadvantaged backgrounds, MSIs stand to play a paramount role in disrupting myriad forms of inequity. In 2014-15, roughly 700 institutions received federal MSI designation, representing ...

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