Tag: Achievement Gap: Page 53

Leadership & Policy

A remedy for Central State’s problems?

DAYTON, OHIO Some Ohio legislators want to force Central State University to merge with another institution of higher education despite a graduation rate for Black students that exceeds that of nearly half of the state’s public universities.

July 5, 2007

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Arkansas scores show narrowing of gap between blacks, whites

LITTLE ROCK For the first time, this year’s scores on state standardized tests show a narrowing of the achievement gap between white and black students in Arkansas, while Hispanic students trailed.

July 5, 2007

Sports

Group sues NCAA over eligibility rules – National Collegiate Alhletic Association – includes related article

Black Students Unfairly Affected, Suit says The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has been hit with a lawsuit that charges that the association discriminates against Blacks by using freshman academic standards that are racially and culturally biased.

July 4, 2007

Community Colleges

Kids in College curbs weight gain, improves learning

FLORENCE Ala. Physical education teachers like Missy Cupp have known for decades that summertime can have a negative impact on children.

July 3, 2007

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US schools expected to re-examine racial integration programs following court ruling

WASHINGTON School officials around the United States are considering how to proceed after a Supreme Court decision rejecting racial integration plans in two cities.

June 29, 2007

Students

In Wake of Supreme Court Decision, Schools to Look to Factors Other Than Race Associated Press Online

WASHINGTON Educators soon may pay extra attention to income levels, home addresses and test scores when they decide which school a student should attend.

June 27, 2007

Recruitment & Retention

Pa. state universities’ chancellor says she’ll step down in 2008

HARRISBURG Pa. The chief executive of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities gave notice Monday that she plans to resign more than a year from now.

June 24, 2007

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Black College Enrollment in South Rate Passes Milestone

RALEIGH, N.C. For the first time ever in the South, Blacks are as well represented on college campuses as they are in the region’s population as a whole something not yet true of the country overall.

June 24, 2007

Community Colleges

Community colleges and universities must turn out more graduates, Texas panel says

Austin Texas Colleges and universities will have to turn out thousands more graduates for Texas to remain economically competitive, according to a ground-breaking report by a coalition of higher education institutions from across the state.

June 22, 2007

Students

If You Can Walk, You Can Dance; If You Can Talk, You Can Sing: A Successful African American Doctoral Fellowship Program. – book reviews

Time out, higher education. This book has a proven model for increasing the pool of African Americans with doctorate degrees in non-traditional courses of study. With valuable resource information, this book has special importance for the administrators of traditionally white colleges and universities who are sincerely interested in providing a positive campus climate for African-American students to experience success in doctoral programs.

June 22, 2007

Sports

Coming back to go forward: like the prodigal son, football’s return welcomed at Benedict – resurrection of Benedict football team

Columbia, S.C. Tiger football opened its second season at Benedict College this fall, continuing a tradition of pep rallies and tailgate parties that were common on the campus twenty-nine years ago.

June 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Prince George’s County: another ghetto in the making?

After U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas agreed to speak at an awards ceremony for a middle school in Maryland, Kenneth F. Johnson, a school board member, objected, saying Thomas’ views had no place in Prince George’s County MD, the fastest-growing Black jurisdiction in the country.

June 18, 2007