Tag: Brookings Institution

African-American

Report Analyzes High Unemployment Among Black Men

A recent report has analyzed the causes and potential solutions for why Black men suffer from the highest unemployment rates of any race and gender group. Looking through Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, report author Dr. Harry J. Holzer, a nonresident senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, found that Black men […]

March 4, 2021

Students

Study: Minority Student Enrollment Hasn’t Kept Pace With Demographic Trends in States That Have Affirmative Action Bans

Enrollment of underrepresented minorities at public universities has not kept pace with demographic trends in states that have banned affirmative action, a new study finds. In these states, the portion of underrepresented minorities among students admitted and enrolling in public universities has steadily lost ground relative to changing demographic trends among high school graduates, based […]

April 8, 2020

Community Colleges

Virginia Governor Releases Free Community College Plan

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam proposed a plan to make community college free for residents from low- or middle-income backgrounds going into particular fields with skilled labor shortages in Virginia.

December 15, 2019

STEM

Endless Exodus: Faculty of Color Leave the Academy in Search of Fulfillment

Dr. Andre M. Perry is one of many academics of color who determined that the campus environment was no longer where they wanted to be. Although no agency appears to track the number of college faculty, particularly those of color, who exit the ivory tower, the transitions over time are significant because the disproportionately low numbers of faculty of color are stagnant or declining while students of color are increasing as a proportion of the nation’s colleges and universities.

July 25, 2019

Asian American Pacific Islander

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund Selects New Leader

After an extensive nationwide search, Dr. Noël Suzanne Harmon, has been selected as the new president and executive director of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF).

June 7, 2018

Disabilties

Panel Dissects Role of Suspensions in School-To-Prison Pipeline

Statistics abounded Wednesday evening during a panel discussion titled “School to Prison Pipeline: Decriminalizing Public Education” co-sponsored by New America, the National Black Child Development Institute and the Greater Washington Urban League,

May 17, 2018

Home

State of the Union Address Omitted Key Concerns in Education, Experts Note

President Donald J. Trump delivered his first State of the Union address since taking office, calling the current era “our new American moment.” But he missed an opportunity for substantive conversation on the growing concerns around education in the country, some in higher education observed.

January 31, 2018

Home

Study: Looming Student Loan Default Crisis Will Be Worse Than Projected

The looming student loan default crisis will be worse than previously thought, according to a recently published Brookings Institution report.

January 15, 2018

Students

Study: Public University Subsidies Don’t Favor Wealthy Students

A new paper seeks to contravene the “conventional wisdom” that states subsidies for public universities favor wealthy students, but one leading labor economist says it’s not a big deal if they don’t because poor students need more.

August 1, 2016