Jamaal Abdul-AlimAfrican-AmericanHBCU National Meeting Stresses Competitiveness by Black SchoolsSpeakers at a national HBCU conference on Tuesday said the future of HBCUs hinges on winning contracts instead of grants, implementing ways to become more energy efficient, and making a concerted effort to retain and graduate incoming students who are increasingly ill-prepared for the rigors of college.September 14, 2010Community CollegesSAT Takers Grow More Diverse, Scores StagnateMore students from diverse backgrounds are taking the SAT, a College Board report released Monday shows, but critics warn that their performance on the college entrance exam raises concerns about the current quality of K-12 U.S. education.September 13, 2010LatinxLatino Higher Education Group Launches College-completion CampaignExcelencia in Education’s Ensuring America’s Future by Increasing Latino College Completion campaign seeks to align itself with the Obama Administration’s goal of making the United States the most college-educated nation in the world by 2020.September 8, 2010LatinxCharter Schools Touted as Effective College Prep Option for Latinos and English Language LearnersWhen it comes to preparing Latino students and English Language Learners for college, look for America’s burgeoning charter school movement to try to play a critical role in the coming years.September 1, 2010African-AmericanPoll: Expectations of Sending Children to College Growing Among U.S. ParentsWith increasing numbers of parents expecting their children to go to college, K-12 educators must devote greater effort into putting effective teachers in classrooms who can help turn higher education dreams into reality, experts said Wednesday at a Gallup poll education forum.August 25, 2010African-AmericanReport: U.S. K-12 Schools Failing To Educate Black MalesDespite the occasional success in closing the achievement gap, a new report says that the U.S. K-12 system does a mostly inadequate job of educating Black males, as evidenced in large disparities in the graduation rate between Black males and their White counterparts.August 16, 2010African-AmericanObama Urges College Completion Agenda As Economic ImperativeAvoiding pronouncements on affirmative action and immigration reform, President Barack Obama touts college completion agenda during visit to the University of Texas at Austin on Monday.August 9, 2010StudentsSenate Hearing: Videos of For-Profit School Staffers Expose Fraudulent ActsSecretly-recorded videos of shady practices within the for-profit college sector got aired Wednesday during an occasionally testy Senate committee hearing that probed the extent of those practices among the proprietary schools.August 4, 2010StudentsProposed Rules Aimed at For-profit Colleges Explored During Policy DiscussionThe for-profit college sector was portrayed as both villain and victim Friday at a Washington policy institute panel discussion on the proposed rules that seek to make the sector more accountable.August 1, 2010StudentsNational Urban League Convention Considers College Success, K-12 Education ReformThe rough road to a college degree can be made smoother for first-generation and low-income students if society begins to step up support in the areas of academic support, mentoring and financial aid, according to education experts at the National Urban League’s 100th Anniversary Convention.July 29, 2010Previous PagePage 80 of 81Next Page
