Indian River State College (IRSC), a community college in Florida, created a new approach to help minority and low-income students overcome the math barrier for entry into selective enrollment programs across the country.
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Scholars’ Research Challenges College “Mismatch” Theory
Low-income students could have a better shot at upward mobility if they had greater access to more colleges with a record of good student outcomes, but “income segregation” is getting in the way, several scholars argue in a new study released Monday.
How We Are Ruining America
Over the past generation, members of the college-educated class have become amazingly good at making sure their children retain their privileged status. They have also become devastatingly good at making sure the children of other classes have limited chances to join their ranks.
For-Profit Graduate Schools Popular With Black Women
Graduate student enrollment is declining at for-profit institutions, but the sector continues to resonate with one particular demographic — black women.
“Of black bachelor’s degree recipients, women will more significantly go on to get master’s degrees,” said Sandy Baum, a senior fellow in the education policy program at the Urban Institute. “African-American women are more likely to go to the for-profit sector.”
More equal than the others – that’s how the middle class stays ahead
Privilege retreats. That’s the first thing to understand about it: it doesn’t just stand still, waiting for everyone else to catch up, but keeps moving. Sneak past the velvet rope keeping the great unwashed out of the party, and another rope will materialise behind it, guarding an even more exclusive gathering. Level a playing field, and soon the lucky few start getting invites to play in another more exclusive game. The good stuff always seems to be just out of reach.
CCNY, UTEP Team Up to Increase Hispanic Faculty in STEM
City College of New York and the University of Texas at El Paso have joined forces in an effort to increase the number of Hispanic faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs at higher education institutions.
Who Does DeVos’s Department Really Represent?
Six tumultuous months into the Trump administration, at least one constant remains: On higher education, Betsy DeVos is still seen as a black box.
When Ms. DeVos was narrowly confirmed as education secretary in February, she was known chiefly for her greatest passion: elementary- and secondary-school choice, an issue she framed as an act of advocacy for students and parents as consumers. How, higher-education observers asked, would that vision play out in their sector?
Documenting Harassment in Astronomy
Harassment of women in astronomy has been an open secret for some time, but reformers faced a data problem. That is, others in the field wondered if harassment went beyond mere anecdotes — as alarming as some of the stories were.
5 Suspended for Blocking Speech
Claremont McKenna College announced Monday that it is punishing seven students — five with suspensions — for their role in blocking an audience from hearing a speech by Heather Mac Donald in April.
The Claremont McKenna protest is among those highlighted by many observers who say that some students in American higher education have become intolerant of views with which they disagree. In the case of Mac Donald, those protesting say that her views on criminal justice are racist — a charge that she denies — and that her views justified their protest.
Louisville Tries Different Course to Close Black Male Achievement Gap
In an effort to improve academic achievement among African Americans, a Kentucky school board has approved the creation of an academy tailored to Black male students in Louisville.
The Jefferson County board voted 6-1 to create the Academy that will be housed in the county. Jefferson County is the largest district within the state and has around 100,000 students of which roughly 17,500 are African American, according to the U.S. Census.