Tag: Tutoring: Page 12

Students

Overcoming a Cultural Aversion to FINANCIAL AID

Reluctance to ask for financial aid forces many Asian students to make enrollment decisions based on college costs and affordability.

October 29, 2008

Latinx

Woman’s Mission: Keep Hispanic Youths in School

Maria Gonzalez spends Friday evenings in a church basement, surrounded by 30 teens chattering in a mix of English and Spanish, because she has assigned herself a mission: to improve graduation rates and college attendance of Torrington and Winsted’s Hispanic youth.

September 9, 2008

Students

Community College Mentoring Programs Help Students Stay Engaged

Unemployment, poor housing, inadequate preparation, childcare needs, discrimination and low expectations are among the issues that have hampered minority student success at community colleges.

July 23, 2008

Students

Minnesota State University-Mankato Nearly Triples Minority Student Enrollment

For the last month, about 50 recent high school graduates of color have been on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato, waking up at 6:30 a.m., and working in college courses and tutoring sessions until 11:30 p.m.

July 10, 2008

Latinx

Migrant Education Program Graduates Honored in Pennsylvania

More than 75 students from across Pennsylvania were honored May 27 for graduating from the Education Department’s migrant-education program.

May 27, 2008

Home

Life Without Interpreter Not Easy For UNK Student

Mark Dallman is like every other freshman at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

May 6, 2008

Home

Administration Changes To NCLB Include Mandate For Reporting H.S. Dropouts

Citing low high school graduation rates among many students, particularly minorities, the Bush administration on Tuesday outlined plans to hold schools accountable for their performance starting next year and to require the uniform reporting of dropout and completion data by 2013.

April 22, 2008

Community Colleges

PUTTING FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS FIRST

Faced with a growing population of first-generation students, many colleges are undertaking unique initiatives to recruit and retain these students.

April 16, 2008

Faculty & Staff

The Heart of the Mission

As a top producer of minority health practitioners, a University of Illinois at Chicago program seeks to improve the quality of medical care in communities of color.

April 2, 2008

Home

Report: Low Grad Rates in US Cities

Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according to a report released Tuesday.

March 31, 2008

Students

Paying For Grades Yields Mixed Results in Boosting Student Achievement

As public school districts struggle to boost student achievement, an increasing number of districts are turning to incentives for students, such as paying them cash money, to improve their attendance, test scores and grades.

February 12, 2008

Students

Unmasking the Model Minority Myth

Widely considered as overachievers, Asian students’ academic struggles are often downplayed, ignored.

December 12, 2007