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Community Colleges

Think Tank Program Focuses on Nontraditional Learners

Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success advocates for policies and funding for low-income adults.

October 25, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Opinion: Assessing the Broad Picture of Asian-American Achievement

Although Asian-Americans boast the highest college graduation rates among ethnic groups in the U.S., large sectors of their population suffer from low educational attainment.

September 6, 2010

MSIs

Underrepresented Minorities Hit Hard by California Graduate Study Fees

Rising fees for graduate programs at University of California campuses threaten to undermine growth of underrepresented  and much-needed minorities in health-science and other professions.

July 19, 2010

African-American

Height’s Legacy Stirs Push for Social Work Act Passage

Among social work professionals, the late Dorothy Height is celebrated for the prestige her activism brought to the social work profession. Those professionals say her legacy is now inspiring social work leaders to lobby Congress hard on legislation aimed to boost the profession.

April 28, 2010

African-American

Advocates Want More Help for Jobless Blacks

Citing different approaches needed for those hardest hit by joblessness, scholars say chronically high Black unemployment defies easy solutions when both discrimination and low education attainment are among factors plaguing African-American job seekers.

December 22, 2009

Home

Teacher Shortage Gives Way to Teacher Glut

When Lilli Lackey started college, talk of a growing teacher shortage gave her confidence that a job would be waiting for her when she got out.

November 12, 2009

African-American

Tough Times: African-American Realities Beneath the Breakthroughs

Despite enjoying progress on political fronts, poverty, HIV/AIDS and unemployment still plague Black America.

October 29, 2009

Students

Nation’s Pupils Find Few Black Men To Call Mister

Black male students at Cheyney University are among the newest recruits to the Call Me MISTER teaching program, which seeks to dramatically increase the number of African-American men teaching in U.S. public schools.

October 11, 2009

Home

Hardest Hit Areas by Recession Receiving Least Amount of Stimulus Funds, Report Says

More news reports are claiming that there is no relationship between need and how and where the Obama administration is spending its $787 billion in stimulus money.

August 6, 2009

Community Colleges

Obama Says Education a Key to Economic Rebound

Conceding unemployment will get worse before it gets better, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $12 billion plan to help community colleges prepare millions of people for a new generation of jobs. Challenging critics, he said he welcomed the task of turning around the economy.

July 14, 2009

Home

Stimulus Jobs Likely To Be Unevenly Distributed Among Races

President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will do little to improve the unemployment rates of underrepresented minorities, particularly Blacks and Hispanics, in this country, says a new report conducted by researchers at New York University’s Graduate School of Public Service.

May 18, 2009

Native Americans

Navajos Largely Unscathed By Recession

Talk at the community center in this small Navajo town is not as focused on the economy as it is in many places off the reservation.

May 17, 2009