Tag: Achievement Gap: Page 58

Students

Education Report Highlights Progress

According to a recent study, Black and Hispanic fourth-graders are beginning to narrow the achievement gap between themselves…

January 25, 2006

African-American

University of Colorado Graduating Higher Percentage of Minority Students, Says Report

The University of Colorado in Boulder has done a better job of graduating minority students than other public colleges in the state…

January 3, 2006

Sports

Report: 41 Percent of Bowl-Bound

Forty-one percent of bowl-bound college football teams fall below the NCAA’s new academic benchmark…

December 28, 2005

Latinx

Leveraging Potential

Dr. Stanley Battle, president of Coppin State University, takes comfort in knowing that his “children” are close by…

December 28, 2005

Students

Lost in the Shuffle: The Critical Role of Community Colleges

Not surprisingly, debates about access and equity at four-year institutions never fail to generate…

December 14, 2005

Sports

Report: 41 Percent of Bowl-bound Schools Miss Academic Standard

Forty-one percent of bowl-bound college football teams fall below the NCAA’s new academic benchmark…

December 7, 2005

Home

Georgia Professor Receives $505,000 Grant for Study

A University of Georgia education researcher hopes a new, four-year study of the experiences…

November 30, 2005

Home

Scholars Debate Theory That Blacks Equate

Blacks value education and good grades just as much as Whites, a Harvard University professor said last month…

November 30, 2005

Home

University of Georgia Professor Receives $505,000 Grant for Study of African-American Adolescents’ Development in Atlanta Suburb

A University of Georgia education researcher hopes a new, four-year study of the experiences…

November 7, 2005

Home

Scholars Debate Theory That Blacks Equate Academic Success With ‘Acting White’

Blacks value education and good grades just as much as Whites, a Harvard University professor said last week, challenging the idea that an achievement gap between the races is caused by…

October 31, 2005

Asian American Pacific Islander

Blacks, Hispanics Trail Whites, Asians in Colorado schools

Black and Hispanic schoolchildren don’t fare as well as White and Asian classmates in math, reading, writing and science…

October 9, 2005

Recruitment & Retention

Enrollment of Black Freshmen at University of Kentucky Drops 40 Percent

Enrollment of Black freshmen at the University of Kentucky fell 40 percent this fall

September 13, 2005