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Invited Presenters Announced for the Upcoming Texas Developmental Ed Course Redesign Summit July 15-16

Administrator May 6, 2013 0

The P-20 Institute for African American Student Success has reviewed the most recent certified state data on student persistence and success and has used that information to determine which 2- and 4-year institutions of

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Texas Developmental Education Course Redesign Summit for MSIs Slated for Austin, July 15-16, 2013

lozadad April 25, 2013 0

What:  Texas Developmental Education Course Redesign Summit (Professional Development Series) (TDECRS 2013) Where:  N. Austin Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Round Rock, Texas (about 20 minutes North of Downtown Austin; 17 minutes from ABIA on Tollway

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P-20 Institute for African American Student Success Welcomes New Research Members

lozadad April 24, 2013 0

“Because when they achieve, EVERYONE WINS!” Our Mission:  To enhance the achievement outcomes for African American students in education from preschool through graduate studies through advocacy, communications and research-based principles, with an emphasis on

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Strengthening the Pipeline: What It Will Take to Engage African American Males to Ensure College Preparedness and Success

admin December 12, 2012 0

Embedded is the link to Dr. Karl W. Reid’s, Sr. Vice President at the United Negro College Fund in Washington, D.C., recent presentation at the first annual African American Males in College Achievement &

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Is Your IHE Represented? Find Out on the Confirmed Speakers, Panelists, Presenters List for the 2012 Black Male Success Symposium

Administrator November 3, 2012 0

The Texas Higher Education Journal hosts the 1st Annual Texas African American Males in College Achievement & Success Symposium Dec. 3-5, 2012, in Austin Texas. This year’s theme is “Establishing a Framework for Success:

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UH Awarded $480,000 Grant to Provide Bilingual Social Service Professionals

lozadad October 21, 2012 0

Graduate College of Social Work One of Only 20 Programs Awarded in the Nation The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a three-year, $480,000 grant to the University of Houston (UH)

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SHSU Nursing Faculty Member to Speak at Prestigious National Conference in D.C.

Contributing Writer August 13, 2012 0

Mary Anne Vincent, assistant professor of nursing, will be sharing her research on intensive-care unit care with a national audience during the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science’s 2012 State of the Science

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Promising new research may help in future fight against cancer

Administrator June 27, 2012 0

An immune-system receptor plays an unexpected but crucially important role in keeping stem cells from differentiating and in helping blood cancer cells grow, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report recently in the journalNature.

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Thomson Reuters names UTD top Texas institution on its “100 Under 50″ List

lozadad June 13, 2012 0

The University of Texas at Dallas is the highest-ranked institution in the State on a new list of young universities using performance indicators designed by Thomson Reuters. The 100 Under 50 list, published Thursday

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Psychology professor's research proves students' coursework hindered by poor reading skills

Contributing Writer May 14, 2012 0

Like a motor that doesn’t run on all cylinders, students who come to college ill-prepared and often unwilling to read the hundreds of textbook pages required each semester puts a drag on their own and

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