Underserved Students

Equity & Diversity Online Directory Details College-Access Programs
NACAC introduces resource to find organizations that help disadvantaged, first-generation college-going students to help colleges in diversity efforts.
Caralee J. Adams, April 17, 2014
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Equity & Diversity Opinion The Book Club Experiment: Engaging Boys of Color in Reading
Can offering more boy-orientated, relevant texts and freeing up the space for more dialogue and self-expression turn ten boys who are indifferent to school into well-behaved students who do their homework and enjoy reading? That's the experiment.
Marilyn Rhames, April 2, 2014
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College & Workforce Readiness Performance Gaps Widen as High-Achieving Students Progress in High School
An Education Trust report follows high-achieving students through high school and discovers those from low-income backgrounds and students of color don't excel as much as their wealthier, white peers.
Caralee J. Adams, April 2, 2014
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Equity & Diversity Federal Civil Rights Office Investigates Florida Scholarship Program
Allegations have resurfaced about the fairness of program, as most funding is given to students of white, affluent families, the Miami Herald reports.
Caralee J. Adams, March 25, 2014
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College & Workforce Readiness Net Price of College Rises More for Low-Income Than Wealthy Students
New analysis of federal net price data shows that colleges have recently raised the cost of attendance on average more for low-income than high-income students.
Caralee J. Adams, March 12, 2014
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College & Workforce Readiness Community College Aspirations for Men of Color Don't Match Outcomes
A survey of community college students finds three-year graduation rates are 5 percent for men of color and 32 percent for white males, despite higher initial engagement by minority students.
Caralee J. Adams, February 27, 2014
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Black History: How a White University Changed a Poor Black Girl's Life
I got an education in the truest sense of the word while attending a predominantly white university. Persevering through loneliness and being misunderstood at college worked to build my character and identity, as did being exposed to opera, classical music and European travel.
Marilyn Rhames, February 25, 2014
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Equity & Diversity Report Explores How Technology Is, and Isn't, Aiding in College Searches
A review of websites and mobile apps designed to help students in the college application process shows low-income students don't benefit as much from the technology and limitations in the approach.
Caralee J. Adams, December 6, 2013
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Teaching Opinion Even the Best Teacher Could Be Considered a Negligent Parent
Educators need to think twice about the way we classify parents unto the "good" and "bad" categories. Every parent should be seen as a work in progress, just as we are, as well as our students. Schools have to put systems in place to provide quality supports to all the various constituents of the school community.
Marilyn Rhames, November 13, 2013
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College & Workforce Readiness College Mentoring Program for At-Risk Students Shows Benefits
An evaluation of the Minnesota-based College Possible mentoring program finds low-income students who participated were more likely to enroll in a four-year college, and to attend a more-selective institution.
Caralee J. Adams, November 6, 2013
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College & Workforce Readiness Most First-Generation College Students Lag in Academic Readiness
An ACT study finds 52 percent of high school graduates in 2013 who would be first-generation college students don't meet college-readiness benchmarks.
Caralee J. Adams, November 5, 2013
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Why All American Teachers Should Care About Chicago
This week marked the 50th anniversary of "Freedom Day," the vaguely remembered 1963 Chicago Public Schools boycott in which 250,000 black students stayed out of school to demand an equal, desegregated education. Today, Chicago and most major cities are still providing an unequal and very segregated public education to minority students. We will not solve this problem until educators and civic leaders begin an honest, solutions-oriented conversation about the root cause of the problem: institutionalized racism.
Marilyn Rhames, October 23, 2013
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College & Workforce Readiness Promise Seen in College-Awareness Program for Middle Schoolers
Program that combines college exposure, mentoring, and community service leadership for middle school students found to be effective in boosting college-going rates, a University of Michigan study found.
Caralee J. Adams, September 13, 2013
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College & Workforce Readiness 'Street School' Offers Life Lessons, Support for At-Risk Students
Through its partnership with the 42,000-student Tulsa school district, Street School has become a national model for helping at-risk youths.
Andrea Eger, Tulsa World, September 10, 2013
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