Tag: Early Childhood: Page 5

Faculty & Staff

Report: Interdepartmental Collaboration Favored as Means to Achieve Organizational Diversity

The American Association for Affirmative Action released a report called “Collaborative Relationships Between EEO/Affirmative Action, Human Resources and Diversity Professionals,” which found that there is interdepartmental collaboration in most organizations to achieve diversity goals.

September 11, 2012

Students

Arkansas Scholar’s Learning Project Helps Boost Academic Performance of Elementary, Middle School Students

Hendrix College historian and education professor James Jennings launched achievement gap initiative in elementary schools and middle schools in Arkansas’ Mississippi river delta region to narrow learning gap for children living in the state’s poorest counties.

October 4, 2011

African-American

Ga. University Learning Community Focuses on Black Freshman Women

At the University of West Georgia, an all-Black, all-female freshman learning community aims to ease the challenges encountered during the first-year transition into college life.

September 26, 2011

Latinx

Kellogg Foundation Pursues College Access Agenda

Tribal colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions are among beneficiaries of the foundation’s diversity-related efforts in U.S. higher education.

June 29, 2011

African-American

New Bill Targets College Access, Academic Success in Low-Income Areas

Education leaders in the U.S. Senate want to promote college success in low-income communities through a new “cradle-to-career” educational support program in the nation’s highest poverty neighborhoods.

June 14, 2011

Community Colleges

Report: Pay Disparities Persist for Minorities and Women With College Degrees

A study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce shows that White median earnings surpassed that of all other groups in all but a few fields, and, in those cases, White median earnings were surpassed only by those of Asians.

May 24, 2011

Recruitment & Retention

U.S. Colleges, Universities Step Up Recruitment With Looming Nationwide Teacher Shortage

The California State University system has aimed to recruit potential math and science teachers by encouraging students to do “fieldwork” — tutoring in elementary and high schools.

May 15, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Online Education Made Possible With College, Management Firm Partnerships

For schools and the online learning management companies that serve them, offering full-degree online programs is more than just an academic pursuit.

April 19, 2011

Health

Minorities born with heart defects at higher risk of dying in early childhood than whites

Non-Hispanic black infants born with heart defects are more likely to die within the first five years of life than their non-Hispanic white and Hispanic peers.

April 17, 2011

Latinx

Obama Woos Hispanic Vote on Education

President Barack Obama, aware of news that the U.S. Hispanic population has hit 50 million, is turning his attention on issues key to Hispanics, including education.

March 31, 2011

African-American

Arne Duncan Says Education is Key to Improving Economic Conditions

The education secretary pointed to the 41 states that have raised their K-12 standards as success stories that will benefit children from underserved communities.

February 28, 2011

Students

Advocates Decry Loss of N.J. Scholarship Program for Preschool Teachers

Education advocates say New Jersey’s Abbott initiative—offering scholarships to employees of preschools in New Jersey’s poorest districts—had tremendous impact.

November 23, 2010