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Report Finds Modest Increase in Minority Enrollment, Graduation Rates

Report Finds Modest Increase in Minority Enrollment, Graduation RatesWASHINGTONThe number of students of color enrolling and graduating from the nation’s colleges and universities continues to increase modestly, but the rate of increase is beginning to slow, according to the 2000-01 Annual Status Report on Minorities in Higher Education, released earlier this month by the American […]

September 26, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Commission Proposes Limits on College Sports

Commission Proposes Limits on College Sports WASHINGTONColleges with low graduation rates among athletes should be banned from postseason play, a commission said last month in chiding universities for putting too much emphasis on winning. Under the plan proposed by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, player uniforms would be stripped of corporate logos, and a […]

July 18, 2001

Community Colleges

Academic Rigor Is Key to Academic Success, Says Education Department Study

Academic Rigor Is Key to Academic Success, Says Education Department StudyWhen it comes to success in college, an academically rigorous high school curriculum may make all the difference, the U.S. Education Department says.In its new report, The Condition of Education, 2001, the department finds encouraging progress on college access. Yet academic rigor is often the […]

July 4, 2001

Community Colleges

Enrollment Up, Retention Rates Down for Minorities in Connecticut Colleges

Enrollment Up, Retention Rates Down for Minorities in Connecticut CollegesHARTFORD, Conn.Connecticut’s colleges are enrolling Black and Hispanic students at record rates, but fail to keep many of them in the classroom, say state education officials. Minority students also are concentrated at lower-level programs such as two-year colleges, the Department of Higher Education said in an […]

March 28, 2001

Students

National Student-Athlete Day Gives Top Billing to Academic Achievement

National Student-Athlete Day Gives Top Billing to Academic AchievementORLANDO, Fla.Just as March Madness draws to a close, student athletes will again be the center of national attention, this time for their academic and civic achievement. On April 6, campuses around the country will observe National Student-Athlete Day for the 14th consecutive year. Some in college […]

March 28, 2001

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In the Academic and Think Tank World, Pondering Achievement-Gap Remedies Takes Center Stage

In the Academic and Think Tank World, Pondering Achievement-Gap Remedies Takes Center Stage WashingtonAfter 30 years of continuous research, widespread intervention and frustrating results, the prospects for closing the achievement gap between Black, Latino and White students remain viable, scholars concluded at a recent conference in Washington, D.C.  Analysis and remedies of the academic achievement […]

February 28, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Gaining New Perspectives on the Achievement GAP

Gaining New Perspectives on the  Achievement GAPScholars examining the academic achievement gap between Black and White students in grades K-12 worry that its persistence will result in continued social and economic inequality between Blacks and Whites in the United States. The concern is valid, given the widespread consensus among scholars and policymakers that solutions must […]

February 28, 2001

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One-Third of UNC Students Graduate In Four Years

One-Third of UNC Students Graduate In Four YearsCHARLOTTE, N.C. One out of every three students who enrolled in the University of North Carolina system in 1996 graduated in four years, a slight increase from the freshman class of 1994, according to a report released by the UNC Board of Governors last month. Graduation rates ranged […]

February 14, 2001

Recruitment & Retention

FAMU Ties Harvard in Recruitment of National Achievement Scholars

FAMU Ties Harvard in Recruitment of National Achievement Scholars\TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida A&M University has tied with Harvard University as the No. 1 recruiter of National Achievement Scholars, the nation’s top African American high school students, for 2000.“This ranking marks another milestone in the University’s effort to maintain FAMU’s status as one of the nation’s premier […]

January 31, 2001

Students

Explaining the Achievement Gap

Explaining the Achievement GapResearchers offer theories on Black underachievment — especially Black malesNew York     The warm reception accorded Dr. Claude Steele at a New York University School of Education policy breakfast earlier this month signaled the extent to which his social psychology research is finding acceptance among education experts and officials on the Black-White student […]

December 20, 2000

Sports

NCAA Study Shows Graduation Rates Increasing for Black Student-Athletes

NCAA Study Shows Graduation Rates Increasing for Black Student-AthletesIndianapolisThe National Collegiate Athletic Association in its annual graduation rate survey released last month, reported that overall graduation rates for Division I student-athletes who entered college in 1993 remained steady, continuing a trend established after higher initial-eligibility standards became effective for entering freshmen in 1986.Their study also […]

December 6, 2000

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ACE Study Examines Gender Enrollment, Achievement Gap

ACE Study Examines Gender Enrollment, Achievement Gap While male students of color lag behind their female peers in educational attainment, the widely publicized “crisis” in male college enrollment is really no crisis, according to a report recently released by the American Council on Education.“Gender Equity in Higher Education: Are Male Students at a Disadvantage?” examines […]

December 6, 2000