Tag: Achievement Gap: Page 16

Students

Bad Behavior on Social Media Can Cost Recruits

At St. Paul’s Episcopal School in Mobile, Alabama, the high school that produced Crimson Tide quarterbacks AJ McCarron and Jake Coker, there’s a new preseason ritual for football players: the social media talk.

August 11, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Big Data Measuring Dollar Value of College Degrees

Some college and universities are releasing average salaries earned by students according to their major and campus to help calculate return on investment.

August 10, 2014

Students

Ohio State University Band Director’s Firing Sets Off Clash

The new president of Ohio State University and supporters of the school’s storied marching band are clashing over the unexpected firing of a band director with deep roots in the organization.

August 3, 2014

Opinion

Time to Close Father-Son Gap

Fatherless homes, especially for young boys, can mean that kids grow up without a role model and a mentor.

August 3, 2014

Students

University of California Exercising a Form of Economic Affirmative Action?

System gouging the out-of-staters to shore up revenues.

July 28, 2014

African-American

Rethinking President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative

The initiative lacks components that would aggressively respond to the pervasiveness of institutional and structural racism that yet persists in America.

July 28, 2014

Disabilties

Colleges Woo Native Americans With New Programs

A growing number of universities are offering programs to recruit and prepare Native American students for a transition to college life.

July 20, 2014

Students

Report: Blacks Need Additional Schooling to Have Equal Employment Chances as Lesser Educated Whites

While young Black adults at all education levels experience higher unemployment rates than others, such employment gaps diminish considerably as Black educational attainment increases, a new study says.

July 13, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Former Pro Football Player Shifts into Role of Scholar

Dr. Pellom McDaniels describes himself as a conundrum in the world of higher education.

July 8, 2014

Students

Low-Income Students’ Success in College Starts in High School

There needs to be a partnership between colleges and organizations in the communities where students live.

July 8, 2014

Sports

Schools Work to Focus Incoming College Students

Recent studies by Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research found that an estimated 20 percent of graduating seniors from urban school districts abandon their plans to attend college over the summer.

July 7, 2014

Community Colleges

Education Department Removes Tweet With Movie Scene

The Education Department on Wednesday apologized for a tweet that depicted a scene from the movie Bridesmaids with the words “Help me. I’m poor” imprinted on it as part of an effort to get students to apply for federal aid.

June 25, 2014