We are pleased to announce our latest research brief based on the 2016 Diverse Learning Environments (DLE) survey, administered to more than 35,000 students from 30 institutions. Results from the multi-institutional DLE sample, also highlighted in an infographic, reveal students’ …
In 2005, one of the most intense and deadliest storms in United States history made landfall when Hurricane Katrina struck Florida and Louisiana in the final days of August. Colleges and universities, including Tulane University, were forced to close their …
In 2004, the launch of a new social networking website thefacebook.com began as a small-scale, dorm room project, an innovation that changed the way hundreds of millions of people connect and communicate with each other. SpaceShipOne, the first privately-funded spacecraft …
Amidst protests and anti-war demonstrations, the Iraq War began in March of 2003. With twenty-four hour news channels and new communication technologies, images and videos of the war were quickly and widely circulated. Around the same time, a deadly respiratory …
As debates about globalization persisted, 2002 was marked with various international developments which brought countries and people closer together. For example, the African Union was established with its headquarters in Ethiopia in order to advance continental cooperation, replacing the Organisation …
The tragic events of September 11th took place just as many students across the country were beginning college. The terrorist attacks were a defining moment that shaped the course of the ensuing decade and influenced a generation of college students. …
After ringing in the new millennium, events on the world stage signaled a host of new beginnings and opportunities. The first crew of the International Space Station launched in October, starting a constant human presence in space that has continued …
At the end of the decade (century and millennium!), the engines of economic growth were operating at break-neck speed, fueled in large part by the dot-com bubble. In 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 10,000 mark, and …
President Bill Clinton garnered much news coverage in 1998, as he became only the second United States President to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Other notable world events included the establishment of the International Criminal Court, the awarding …
Midway through 1997, the first Harry Potter book, originally Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was released in London. The beginning of the Harry Potter era coincided with the ending of another—that of “Deep Blue”—which defeated Chess Champion Gary Kasparaov …