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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
Cynthia Schmeiser.
Students
Harvard Student Says He Faces Deportation From U.S.
An undocumented Harvard University student is facing deportation to Mexico after being detained by immigration authorities at a Texas airport, the student said last week.
June 14, 2010
Eric Balderas
Students
Recommendations for National K-12 Education Standards Target College Readiness
The goal of Common Core State Standards is to ensure that every student graduates from high school prepared to attend a post-secondary institution or enter the workforce.
June 2, 2010
National Education Association vice president Lily Eskelsen
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
Antwan Wilson
African-American
Southern Faculty Oppose University’s Higher Admission Standards
The Southern University Faculty Senate voted Thursday to oppose recently approved increases in admission standards.
April 4, 2010
MSIs
Obama’s Higher Education Agenda May Lead to Expanded Federal Role
Scholars, academic administrators and higher education policy officials have interpreted the administration’s pronouncements and initiatives as markers of a significant shift in federal higher education policy.
December 20, 2009
President Barack Obama at Macomb Community College
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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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Faculty & Staff
SPECTRUM:A POINEER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION
In 1978, Joe McDonald of the Confederated Salish Kootenai tribes dreamed of a decent building for the newly created Salish Kootenai College. At the time, classes were being held in an abandoned building on the Flathead Reservation in Montana.
July 8, 2009
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Despite Ruling, Testing Debate Far From Settled
The U.S. Supreme Court renewed debate Monday over the fairness of high-stakes testing with its ruling that White firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who scored high enough to win promotion on an exam Black firefighters didn’t, were unfairly denied promotions as a result of their race.
June 29, 2009
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Discrimination Claim Appears to Divide High Court
A divided Supreme Court took up its first examination of race in the Obama era Wednesday, wrestling with claims of job discrimination by White firefighters in a case that could force changes in employment practices nationwide.
April 22, 2009
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