Jamaal Abdul-AlimAfrican-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, 2010HomeCollege Board Releases ‘Scorecard’ Report on U.S. Degree Completion ProgressBuilding on the movement to boost college completion rates in the United States, the College Board on Thursday released a new report meant to be the first “scorecard” in a series of assessments on how well the nation is doing at getting more of its citizens to earn college degrees.July 22, 2010African-AmericanConference: Access Programs Will Increasingly Help Students Consider CollegeAt the annual national GEAR UP conference, officials said college access programs such as GEAR UP will play a growing role in getting students to view themselves as college material.July 19, 2010Previous PagePage 80 of 80
