Tag: Academic Counseling

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Albion College Receives Largest Donation in School History

Albion College received $8 million from former CEO of Eaton Corporation Alexander “Sandy” Cutler and his wife, alumna Sarah “Sally” Cutler, to build a center dedicated to helping underrepresented or first-generation students finish school on time. This donation is the largest in the school’s history. The Cutler Center for Student Success and Academic Achievement will […]

October 29, 2019

Students

TRIO Programs: Paving the Way for Diverse Students in Higher Education

TRIO programs are essential educational opportunity programs that are vital in promoting educational success, retention, persistence and providing pathways to immense opportunities for low-income, first-generation college students and students with disabilities from diverse backgrounds.

September 18, 2018

Students

HBCU Conference Schools Take Big Hits in Latest NCAA Academic Progress Report

The NCAA banned Jackson State and Southern of the Southwestern Athletic Conference from postseason play in football next season and did the same thing for Southern and Grambling in men’s basketball.

May 24, 2011

Recruitment & Retention

College Completion Movement Helps Spur Academic Intervention Program Innovations

Colleges prioritize addressing academic and financial deficiencies among freshmen at the outset to improve graduation and retention rates.

October 27, 2010

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Latest Gates Foundation Awards Focus on College Completion

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to make a dramatic change with its college success programs, by focusing on college graduation rates in addition to college enrollment.

September 28, 2010

Students

College Success Foundation Celebrates 10 Years of Helping Students

The College Success Foundation, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, released a report highlighting its success in preparing socially disadvantaged middle and high school students to enter college and graduate.

June 9, 2010

Faculty & Staff

A Deceiving Label?

There’s growing debate among educators on whether the umbrella Asian Pacific Islander label conceals disparities among Asian American students or provides political power in numbers.

June 10, 2009

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Goucher College dropping SATs as requirement for admissions

TOWSON Md. Goucher College has dropped the requirement that applicants submit SAT scores, the second four-year institution in Maryland to do so.

July 27, 2007

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The Guidance Piece of the Puzzle

One of the obstacles to academic achievement, according to The Education Trust, has been the way guidance counselors are used. Often burdened with complex scheduling duties and the responsibility to do individual and group therapy, they are rarely educational advocates for students — and sometimes, are the exact opposite. Many adults and current students can point to a guidance counselor who steered them away from more rigorous classes, telling them that they weren’t destined for college and would only be setting themselves up for failure. In the words of Education Trusts’ Patricia Martin, “We’ve been sorting and selecting and teaching some a very rigorous and others a watered down curriculum.”

July 14, 2007

Sports

Black coaches convention focuses on job-hunting strategies; collegiate athletic directors, sensitized to concerns, participate in interview clinics

Concerned about the paucity of Black coaches and athletics administrators on college campuses, the Black Coaches Association (BCA) devoted a major portion of its annual conference, held last month in Miami, to helping its members prepare and successfully compete for positions in higher education.

July 10, 2007

Students

Just the Stats: Can High School Counselors Prevent Drop-Outs?

A new report by the National Center for Education Statistics suggests a strong relationship between the number of credit hours a high-school student earns as a freshman and their likelihood to drop out. With this information, could school administrators identify potential dropouts early enough to intervene?

April 30, 2007

Latinx

Project Puente

Concerned about the low percentage of Latino and Mexican American community college students who transferred

October 18, 2005