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Tag: SAT: Page 26
African-American
Ohio Universities Defend Affirmative Action Strategies in Their Admissions
Two universities accused in a new report of giving minority students an unfair edge in the admissions process defended their practices as being legitimate strategies to expand access and enhance diversity on campus.
February 15, 2011
Community Colleges
SAT Takers Grow More Diverse, Scores Stagnate
More 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, 2010
African-American
ETS Report Notes Arrested Progress in Closing Black-White Achievement Gap
Educational Testing Service study finds no clear reason why Black academic progress has halted since the 1980s.
September 6, 2010
Students
State Initiative To Expand College Adviser Reach Into Texas High Schools
Texas high school students needing help in learning the ropes to reach college can get higher-education advice as part of a nationwide public service project.
August 19, 2010
African-American
ACT Scores Dip, But More Students College-ready
Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam inched downward this year, yet slightly more students who took the test proved to be prepared for college, according to a report released Wednesday.
August 18, 2010
Students
Appeals Court to Consider Use of Race in UT’s Admissions Policies
Today, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider whether the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race and ethnicity in its admissions policy violates the law.
August 2, 2010
Community Colleges
Report: States Can Improve College Readiness
States can improve college degree attainment by utilizing college readiness standards that link high school curricula to postsecondary education, according to a new report released by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and the Southern Regional Education Board.
July 8, 2010
Students
States With ACT Mandate See Minority Performance on the Rise
Using six states as a base, academics are trying to assess how using the ACT exam affects students and schools. Data is incomplete, but trends include improved performance by African-American or Hispanic students.
May 3, 2010
Students
Howard President Responds to Students’ Demands
In an effort to address the student demands raised during the Sept. 4 protest , President Sidney A. Ribeau and Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer Alvin Thornton sat down with The Hilltop to go through each presented demand.
September 10, 2009
Home
Pupils don’t aim high enough for college
Four years ago, two of the most influential researchers in higher education dove into a huge pool of data hoping to answer a bedeviling question: Why do so many students who start college fail to graduate?
September 10, 2009
Students
More Diversity Among 2009 SAT Test-Takers, Scores Slightly Down
Although college-bound high school seniors from the class of 2009 rank as the most racially and ethnically diverse group ever to take the SAT, average scores fell slightly from 2008, according to the College Board.
August 25, 2009
Latinx
More Black and Hispanic Students Taking the ACT Exam, College Readiness Levels Remain Flat
While scores and college readiness levels remained relatively flat from 2008, the numbers of Black and Hispanic high school graduates in 2009 who took the ACT college entrance exam remained the same or increased for a fourth consecutive year nationally, according to the ACT ‘Measuring College and Career Readiness: The Class of 2009’ report.
August 18, 2009
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