Jamaal Abdul-AlimAfrican-AmericanLast Year, Fewer Black Men Applied to Med School than in 1978Factors cited range from substandard education and stereotypes to the lack of role models and the high cost of medical school.August 3, 2015HomePrison Ed Program Based on Second Chances“To have a second chance is something that should be part and parcel of who we are as American people,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said.August 2, 2015African-AmericanBlack Students Lagging in College Readiness Despite Taking Prep CoursesEven when African-American students complete the recommended “core or more” college readiness courses in high school, they still don’t meet the “college readiness” benchmarks on the ACT at the same rate as other students, according to a new report released jointly Monday by ACT and UNCF.July 27, 2015StudentsProfessor: Student Debt Threatening American DreamWilliam Elliott said stakeholders must ask whether students who go to college and get debt can “achieve similar long-term outcomes as someone who didn’t take out debt.”July 22, 2015HomeRace Out, Creativity In for Achieving Diversity GoalsA panel of current and former institutional leaders advised becoming more strategic about how to achieve racial and economic diversity on campus.July 21, 2015HomeCollege Graduates Living Longer as Well as ProsperingA college degree may not only be the best way to secure gainful employment in the modern economy—it’s also becoming increasingly associated with living a longer life.July 19, 2015Community CollegesExperts: Get College Financial Aid Info Out EarlyMore students from low-income families might enroll in college if they got information about student financial aid while they were still in middle school, a new report contends.July 16, 2015HomeInstructor Uses ‘Fashionmatics’ to Make Math ExcitingCollege math instructor Jacqueline Mogey finds a way to make math fun and relatable for students.July 14, 2015Faculty & StaffFalse Hope a Problem in Adult Math EducationIn order to achieve better math outcomes in adult education, the field must abandon a series of “false hopes” that essentially have set the system up for failure.July 13, 2015DisabiltiesED Enforces Complaint System for Colleges and UniversitiesIn an effort to avert fiascos that leave college students in a lurch, the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month began enforcement of a federal requirement for colleges and universities to have complaint systems in place for students.July 12, 2015Previous PagePage 36 of 81Next Page
