Black IssuesHomeCaucus, White House Open Education Improvement EffortCaucus, White House Open Education Improvement EffortWASHINGTON — Congressional Black Caucus leaders and President Clinton joined forces this month on a new package of K-12 education improvements they say will help provide a pipeline for future achievement.The proposal includes funds to turn around low-performing schools and to pay for new school facilities that can accommodate […]March 29, 2000StudentsRetention: Graduation’s Critical ComponentRetention: Graduation’s Critical ComponentHigher education has a skeleton it would rather keep in the closet. While reports of swelling minority student enrollments continue to circulate, there may be another side to the picture. A college can enroll Black, Latino and American Indian students until the proverbial cows come home. But if these underrepresented populations don’t […]March 29, 2000StudentsResearchers Investigate Persistence Among Minority Two-Year TransfereesResearchers Investigate Persistence Among Minority Two-Year TransfereesRALEIGH, N.C. — You can lead a community college student to a university, but can you make him graduate? That’s a question Dr. Wynetta Y. Lee, a specialist in adult and community college education at North Carolina State University, hopes to answer this summer when she completes a study […]March 29, 2000HomeACT Reports Lower Dropout, Graduation RatesACT Reports Lower Dropout, Graduation Rates The percentage of freshman college dropouts has declined for the third consecutive year, while the number of students graduating has reached an all-time low, according to a recent report by the American College Testing.Of the students who enrolled in four-year colleges in the fall of 1997, 25.9 percent failed […]March 29, 2000Recruitment & RetentionEager to Jump on the Gravy Train, Campus Officials WonderEager to Jump on the Gravy Train, Campus Officials Wonder, How Far Will New Retention Legislation Really Go?UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Though a federal proposal to create a new national retention program is still under debate, Dr. Audrey Kharem already has a good idea as to how Pennsylvania State University could spend the money if […]March 29, 2000StudentsThe William H. Gray III College Completion Challenge Grant ProgramThe William H. Gray III College Completion Challenge Grant ProgramCongress makes the following findings:1. Students from low-income families are significantly more likely to leave a four-year institution of higher education without a baccalaureate degree than are students with higher incomes.2. Even among students with above-average grades, low-income students are still more likely to leave a […]March 29, 2000Recruitment & RetentionFortifying The Federal Presence in RetentionFortifying The Federal Presence in RetentionWith New Legislation on the Table, Observers are Anxiously Watching to See if Federal Backing Can Help Higher Education Retain its Most Vulnerable Students By Charles Dervarics and Ronald RoachWASHINGTON — By and large, the statistics are downright depressing. A look at data from Black Issues’ annual Top 100 degree […]March 29, 2000StudentsProfessional AppointmentsProfessional AppointmentsDr. Melvin C. Terrell, vice president for student affairs at Northeastern Illinois University has been appointed president of the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals. The organization serves as a professional agency for the collection of research and promotion in professional development. Terrell holds a bachelor’s in history from Chicago State University, a master’s […]March 29, 2000Faculty & StaffPleasure Principle: Focusing on the Good in EducationPleasure Principle: Focusing on the Good in EducationMany readers of The Pleasures of Academe will sympathize with author James Axtell’s first sentence: “I couldn’t wait to go to college and I couldn’t stand to leave at graduation.”Despite the common sentiment, however, few people remain to become professors. And while many Americans have opinions about what […]March 29, 2000HomeNo Matter How You Say it, Bilingual Education Is for EveryoneNo Matter How You Say it, Bilingual Education Is for EveryoneWhat does it mean to be one in vision? It means that we share a vision for excellence. In 1975, when the National Association for Bilingual Educators was founded, we just had some notions of how to teach our children. We insisted on equity. We […]March 29, 2000Previous PagePage 389 of 431Next Page
