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Students

The 100 Best Colleges for African American Students. – book reviews

Erlene Wilson could give any guidance counselor a run for his or her money. What she does in the revised and updated edition of The 100 Best Colleges for African American Students is provide an invaluable resource for any student of color who is even considering pursuing postsecondary education.

July 12, 2007

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Thumbs down on the SAT – scholastic assessment test

SAN FRANCISCO Echoing the recommendation of a Latino task force that the SAT requirement for admission to the University of California (UC) be dropped, several speakers at the fifty-third National Association for College Admission Counseling conference declared their opposition to standardized test requirements for college admission.

July 11, 2007

Community Colleges

“We definitely cannot drop the goals of affirmative action”: a discussion with Dr. Carmen Neuberger, Gwendolyn J. Dungy and Joyce Smith – Panel Discussion

Countless studies have shown that what happens outside of classrooms plays a crucial role in whether students attend college and continue in college to graduation. High school guidance counselors, admissions officers and campus student service officers all play a part in matching the right student to the right campus and then making sure the students feel a part of campus life.

July 10, 2007

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Middle Tennessee State U. Teaching Assistant Accused of Statutory Rape

MURFREESBORO Tenn. A teaching assistant at Middle Tennessee State University is accused of the statutory rape of a 16-year-old girl.

July 8, 2007

HBCUs

Test-driven admissions: ETS responds to criticisms of SATs – Educational Testing Service

After decades of criticism that standardized testing is culturally biased, officials from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) say they have made great strides in eliminating those biases.

June 22, 2007

Students

The shift away from need-blind: colleges have started their version of “wallet biopsies.” – higher education institutions admit students on economic status criteria

Imagine a student who has always had his heart et on attending a certain college. He has all the necessary credentials: a stellar resume, a terrific grade-point average, a strong application, and some very laudatory letters of recommendation.

June 20, 2007

Students

UCLA ‘greater’ because of affirmative action – University of California, Los Angeles

In the past year, no issue has so touched the University of California as affirmative action and the controversy it has generated.

June 17, 2007

Faculty & Staff

An equation for equity – Maryland’s Prince George’s County – includes related article on Equity 2000

Maryland teenager Tiffanee Snow has been studying algebra since she began attending Forestville High School last fall. At first, she couldn’t stand algebra. Now, she’s making As. Snow credits the innovative teaching style of her math teacher for her success. She especially likes the team approach to classwork.

June 16, 2007

Community Colleges

Replicating Success

Recent college grads help low-income students navigate the path to college through innovative program.

May 16, 2007

Students

Just the Stats: Can High School Counselors Prevent Drop-Outs?

A new report by the National Center for Education Statistics suggests a strong relationship between the number of credit hours a high-school student earns as a freshman and their likelihood to drop out. With this information, could school administrators identify potential dropouts early enough to intervene?

April 30, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Sparring Continues Over Cuny black male initiative

I have never met the young African-American man who writer Christina Asquith claims (see “Dreams Deferred?” Feb. 22) we are trying to put out of a job as a counselor at Medgar Evers College’s Male Development and Empowerment Center.

April 4, 2007

Students

Admissions Anxiety Reaches New Regions

DURHAM N.C. SAT tutors. High-priced essay coaches. Over-the-top parents who make selecting a college feel like a matter of life and death. They have become commonplace in admissions “hot spots,” largely in the Northeast and on the West Coast places where the college application process is palpably more intense than elsewhere. But now admissions anxiety is creeping into other parts of the country.

October 21, 2006