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Dina Refki, Rukhsana Ahmed, and Jeanette Altarriba University at Albany, State University of New York The Institute of Medicine (2001)...

Not all Americans have the same opportunities to live in good health.  Evidence shows that individuals identifying as minorities suffer...

“Professor, I cannot thank you enough for this. You gave me hope! I’ll do my best!” recently emailed Miguel, an FIU first-year student,...

More than 60 million Americans live in areas without enough health care providers to meet demand – primarily in minority and low-income...

In late 2015, the University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe resigned after weeks of student protests. What were the students’...

Nearly 50 years ago, the National Academies described postdocs as the “invisible university,” because their contributions to cutting-edge...

Over the last few years the events in Ferguson, Baltimore and Charleston have elevated the need for fresh discussion in the higher...

A diverse faculty body is essential for excellence in research, teaching, service, and patient care, and contributes to a climate of...

Transitioning to college life can be a challenge, even for the most talented of students. The first few months are critical – students...

Whether you like it or not, everyone has bias. The way we perceive the world is influenced by the environments in which we grew up,...

The pathway to becoming a scientist leads through graduate school, and graduate admissions committees are the gatekeepers. How do they...

As the healthcare landscape in America continues to change after the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, we are seeing an even more...

“There just aren’t enough minority scholars in the STEM pipeline.” “Underrepresented students get so many scholarship offers, there’s no...

Photo Courtesy of the University of Illinois at Chicago Transitioning from high school to college is rarely seamless.  Many students...

Florida international University (FIU) knew it had a teaching problem.  It even had a solution.  Bringing the two together was the...

A picture is worth a thousand words.  This one has 1,002. A bright-eyed Latina stands radiant in graduation cap and gown, her arms raised...

Photo Credit; University of Illinois at Chicago In an effort to prevent low-income college students nearing graduation from dropping out,...

Photo credit: Georgia State University Nearly everyone has had, or will have, an unexpected financial need. The car breaks down.  A child...

The USU convened an advisory group of provosts and other experts on faculty hiring to conduct a qualitative research study. Now, after...

“I know I’m supposed to go to college after high school, but is it really worth it?” This question, asked by high school student Patience...