Lydia LumStudentsReport: U.S. Math Performance Gap Starts with Unequal AccessWhen it comes to educating U.S. teens in math, schools play a significant factor in reinforcing, and even worsening, the inequalities between students from upper-income families and their low-income peers.October 14, 2015StudentsS.F. State’s Metro Academies Making Inroads with At-Risk StudentsMetro classes are geared specifically for bolstering students’ math, writing and public speaking skills and the ability to juggle deadlines in an effort to stem the tide of the nearly 40 percent of students throughout the California State University system who drop out before their junior year.August 31, 2015HBCUsCalifornia Drought Spurs Debate on Water UsageBecause California’s drought has resulted in mandatory cuts in water usage statewide, best practices in water usage was the topic of conversation at the annual California Higher Education Sustainability Conference last week.July 26, 2015StudentsEducators Competing With Athletics for Low-income Students’ FocusWorkshop panelist Nathan Weigl, a doctoral student at Appalachian State University, suggested that recruiting tactics of college coaches can be borrowed and adapted by GEAR UP practitioners and community partners.July 23, 2015Asian American Pacific IslanderCal State Campuses Preserving Painful Piece of U.S. HistoryThe archives of 15 California State University campuses are collaborating to digitize about 10,000 documents and 100-plus oral histories connected to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.July 5, 2015DisabiltiesMinorities Less Likely To Be Identified as DisabledRacial and language minority students in elementary and middle school are less likely than their White, English-speaking peers to be identified as having learning disabilities, according to a new national study.June 29, 2015LGBTQ+Professor Uses Workshop to Promote LGBT, Minority AwarenessAnnual LGBTQ conference encourages educators from around the country to share best practices and initiatives across academic and student affairs and across various diversities and disciplines.June 15, 2015Asian American Pacific IslanderAsian-Americans Packing On Political MuscleThe Asian-American population will grow 74 percent by 2040, but the number of this racial group’s registered voters will more than double, according to a new report.May 21, 2015StudentsCollege Fairs Aim to Boost College Success Among AAPIsJourney to Success, a series of daylong college fairs across California, aims to improve rates of college enrollment, retention and graduation among underserved and educationally disadvantaged AAPIs.May 17, 2015HomeNew Law Strategies Needed to Expand Services to the PoorIn order to expand and improve delivery of legal services to low- and moderate-income populations, U.S. lawyers and educators ought to borrow and adopt more strategies that have proved successful in other industries.May 5, 2015Previous PagePage 7 of 30Next Page
