Tag: Graduation rates: Page 49

Sports

Study: Women’s NCAA Tourney Teams Outperform Men in Graduation Rates

Players on teams headed to the NCAA women’s tournament are graduating at a higher rate than those in the men’s field, a study released Tuesday showed.

March 16, 2010

Sports

Study: NCAA Tournament Team Graduation Rates Between Blacks, Whites Widening

The disparity in graduation rates for White and Black players on NCAA tournament-bound men’s basketball teams grew this year, according to a study released Monday.

March 15, 2010

African-American

Ohio Institutions Focus on Black Male Achievement

Ohio-based schools and organizations have developed education initiatives aimed at helping African-American male students succeed.

March 4, 2010

Latinx

Alliance of 17 States Seeks To Boost College Completion Rates

More than a dozen states have formed an alliance to battle dismal college completion rates and figure out how to get more students to follow through and earn their diplomas.

March 2, 2010

Community Colleges

Debaters Find Common Ground on Need for College Accountability

Veteran higher education leaders, sparring over whether the U.S. workforce will need to increase its production of college graduates to remain a “world class” economic power, found common ground at a Washington higher education policy forum in urging that universities be held more accountable for providing a high-quality education that prepares students for the labor market.

February 28, 2010

Students

High School Graduation Rates Low Where Most American Indians, Alaska Natives Live, Report Says

A new national report has found that fewer than 50 percent of Native American Indian and Alaska Native students from the Pacific and Northwest regions of the U. S. graduate from high school.

February 18, 2010

Students

La. College Commission Suggests Restructuring

The final list of recommendations from a higher education restructuring panel would shift the way dollars are divvied up among Louisiana’s public college campuses and reshuffle governance of the schools.

February 7, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Cal State Unveils Plan to Increase Graduation Rates for Students of Color

An initiative aimed at increasing the graduation rates of under-represented students at the nation’s largest university system has critics concerned some provisions will dilute quality education and exacerbate existing gaps.

January 27, 2010

Sports

Duncan Urges NCAA To Look at Graduation Rates

Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday said poor graduation rates among some college basketball programs would improve if the NCAA linked postseason play to the number of student-athletes getting their diplomas.

January 21, 2010

Home

LAST WORD : RACE-BLIND COLLEGE ADMISSIONS – BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD

If higher education is to successfully promote diversity enrollment, it will take a combination of targeted programs. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has called herself “the perfect affirmative action ba

January 6, 2010

Students

Changing the Measures of Success for HBCUs

Public HBCUs want institutional graduation rates to reflect social and economic obstacles borne by their disadvantaged students.

December 14, 2009

Sports

Report: Bowl School Graduation Rate Gap Widens Between Blacks, Whites

The disparity between graduation rates for White and Black college football players at schools headed to bowl games grew slightly this year, according to a study released Monday.

December 7, 2009