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Mousetrap cars, egg drops and bridge building: “SECME-tized” teachers provide students with ability to reach for their dreams – Science, Engineering, Communications, Mathematics Enrichment program

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. With his close-cropped sandy hair, slight build and dark conservative suit, Michael Penrod looked like an evangelist. His eyes blazed with intensity as he spoke to the crowd of more than 200 late last month. His voice rose and fell with cadences learned, he said, at his preacher father’s knee.

July 10, 2007

Recruitment & Retention

Public schools: the solution to Mississippi’s woes – college preparation – Column

Nine years ago, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) examined how well Mississippi” K-12 school system was preparing Black students to meet the college admission requirements then in effect. This research revealed two important facts.

July 7, 2007

Students

Seeking the cure – nursing program at South Carolina State University – special report: health sciences

ORANGEBURG, S.C. Facing the threat of closure, the nursing program at South Carolina State University is searching for a cure to its problem of low passing rates among graduates who take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).

June 23, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Cole’s shoes will be hard to fill: King Farris, Ladner said to be ‘fine candidates.’ – Johnetta Cole as President of Spelman College, Vera King Farris and Joyce Ledner

Johnetta Cole, the first African-American female president of Spelman College, nation’s premiere liberal arts schools, announced that she will relinquish the presidency next spring.

June 22, 2007

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SAT, ACT scores increase: higher scores attributed to more rigorous coursework

Students who take more academic courses do significantly better on the SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement tests.

June 22, 2007

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Studies refute perceptions of open admissions and educational attainment – Special Report Top 100 Degree Producers

Ultimately, the question of affirmative action will not be decided in the Supreme Court but by the public, which has been barraged by arguments that no matter what can be said about fairness and justice, affirmative action — and even desegregation — “just doesn’t work.”

June 17, 2007

Students

Identity bank: research institute launched by College Fund/UNCF has a big job ahead of it – United Negro College Fund

Former Congressman William H. Gray III has to look no further than his battles on the floor of the U.S., House of Representatives over race-specific scholarships in justifying how key the College Fund/United Negro College Fund’s newly created Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute can be to Black America.

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

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Affirmative Action Admits Tend To Be More Successful Than Legacy Admits, Says Study

Researchers at Princeton University have found that students who received legacy admissions are more likely to face academic challenges than Blacks who were admitted under affirmative action admissions programs.

April 25, 2007

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Two States, Two Stories

In the 1990s, Florida and Texas stopped using affirmative action as an admissions factor for public universities…

March 21, 2007

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Texas’ Guaranteed Admissions Program Under Fire

Florida and Texas stopped using affirmative action in favor of automatic college admissions programs for top high school graduates. However, Texas’ guaranteed admissions program is facing intense criticism while the Florida program has been dismissed as irrelevant.

March 19, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

UCLA Expert Challenges The Asian-American “Model Minority” Assumption

Asian-American youth are often portrayed as the “model minority” who have perfect SAT scores and attend Ivy League schools, but there is a segment of the Asian American population who are low-income students struggling to become the first in their family to earn a college degree.

March 1, 2007