Tag: Achievement Gap: Page 38

African-American

U.S. Education Department Reviewing Complaints About Inequities in K-12 Discipline, Supportive Services

Experts say the alleged disparities could impact minority students’ aspirations and access to higher education.

November 18, 2010

Latinx

Retention Program Engages Latino Families in Helping Children Finish Community College

South Texas College orientation program demystifies higher education for Latino parents of first-generation students to improve its retention rates.

October 28, 2010

Students

College Board Forums Emphasize Expanded Postsecondary Access

College Board regional and national meetings on Wednesday drew veteran experts as well as up-and-coming educators who are on the front lines of school innovation and reform aimed at taking the whole “college readiness” mantra from being a buzzword to a reality.

October 27, 2010

Community Colleges

Think Tank Program Focuses on Nontraditional Learners

Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success advocates for policies and funding for low-income adults.

October 25, 2010

Students

Opinion: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Students In U.S. Higher Education

We must fashion higher education to meet the demands of diverse students rather than trying to get students to match a system that was never created for them, urges the Misericordia University associate vice president for academic affairs.

October 21, 2010

African-American

ETS Achievement Gap Conference Focuses on Families and Academic Development

At a time when a national debate rages over whether charter schools are better than traditional public schools in abating the achievement gap, a Washington conference sought to refocus attention on strengthening the family.

October 18, 2010

Students

Conference Highlights Helping Students With Timely Degree Completion

Colleges and universities must find ways to help their increasingly diverse student bodies earn their degrees on time and accept responsibility if large numbers of students persistently take too long to graduate, expert panelists said Wednesday at a Baltimore education conference.

October 6, 2010

Students

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Launches “Generation 1st Degree” Campaign

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) organization on Tuesday convened its Education Summit 2010 in New York and launched the ‘Generation 1st Degree’ program, which aims to fulfill the fund’s goal of helping Hispanic families attain a college degree in every household.

October 5, 2010

Students

Minority Engineering Association Urges National Focus on Community College Students

A national engineering science group, citing the surge in minority student enrollment in community colleges, says more emphasis should be placed on two-year college students to increase STEM field graduates.

September 29, 2010

Home

Latest Gates Foundation Awards Focus on College Completion

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to make a dramatic change with its college success programs, by focusing on college graduation rates in addition to college enrollment.

September 28, 2010

Students

Latino College Completion Campaign Moves Forward With Collaboration Strategy

Excelencia in Education spearheads collaboration among advocacy groups to improve Hispanic college attendance and graduation rates.

September 27, 2010

Community Colleges

Lumina Foundation Says US Continues to Lag Globally in Producing College Graduates

The United States continues to fall behind other major nations around the world in producing highly credentialed college graduates, despite a marginal gain between 2007 and 2008, says a new report by the Lumina Foundation for Education.

September 20, 2010