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Complete College America Report Examines Low Higher Ed Graduation Rates

A new, comprehensive report on college graduation rates released Tuesday revealed why college completion rates, including analyses of Black, Hispanic, Pell Grant and part-time students, are low among Americans.

September 27, 2011

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Criminal Justice Think Tank Exits Medgar Evers Campus

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office will now partner with Medgar Evers on a Community Justice Program for formerly incarcerated students that will involve professors and students from the college’s departments of social work and education and include student internships in the DA’s office.

March 30, 2011

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Achieve Report Shows States Embracing College and Career Readiness Standards

Six years after coining the term “expectation gap,” a nonprofit group’s study proves that states are paying attention.

February 6, 2011

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Community College Champion

In an exclusive interview with Diverse, Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón discusses community colleges’ pivotal role in revitalizing the U.S. economy.

June 14, 2010

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High Remedial Education Rate Complicates U.S. College Completion Goal Push

Nationwide, about a third of first-year students in 2007-08 had taken at least one remedial course, according to the U.S. Department of Education. At public two-year colleges, that number rises to about 42 percent.

May 11, 2010

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REINVENTING REMEDIAL EDUCATION

When Kafayat Olayinka graduated from Spingarn High School in Washington, D. C., with a 3.5 grade point average, she was certain those kinds of grades would help her zip right through her college years.

October 14, 2009

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COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM: Developmental Education – An Investment We Cannot Afford NOT To Make

Despite the escalating numbers of students who need developmental work, many critics of developmental education blame the K-12 school system for not preparing students for college-level work.

September 16, 2009

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Developmental Education: An Investment We Cannot Afford NOT To Make

The Kiss of Death? An Alternative View of College Remediation, by Cliff Adelman; No One to Waste, by Bob Mc- Cabe; and Salvage, Redirection, or Custody: Remedial Education in the Community Junior College, by John Roueche — look no further than these titles to sense the commitment and controversy surrounding developmental education.

September 16, 2009

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Course Watch: Healthy and Eco-friendly Living

Along the same lines as first lady Michelle Obama’s efforts to plant a White House vegetable garden to promote healthy eating and eco-friendly living, Alfred University (N.Y.) offered a course this semester titled “Eating Locally, Thinking Globally.”

April 29, 2009

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Colleges Spend Billions to Prep Freshmen

It’s a tough lesson for millions of students just now arriving on campus: even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college.

September 15, 2008

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Community College No Longer?

Harper College’s effort to gain baccalaureate-granting status has sparked a debate in Illinois over the mission of two-year colleges.

April 2, 2008

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UW Professors See Problems With How Math Is Taught

Sixty University of Washington professors have signed a letter to the Legislature saying that many college freshmen can’t solve math problems, even at a middle-school level.

March 5, 2008