Tag: Columbia University Teachers College

African-American

Report Analyzes COVID-19, Racial Violence Impact on Black Education

Using firsthand accounts and perspectives, a new study examines how the events of this past year have impacted Black education at a national level.

July 21, 2021

Community Colleges

Rethinking Remedial Education in the Nation’s Community Colleges

Many higher education researchers and student-success advocates have long criticized no-credit remedial or developmental education in community colleges as a “trap” – an unintentional barrier to student success, particularly for its impact on low-income and minority students’ persistence and completion outcomes.

July 26, 2019

News Roundup

Teachers College Name Dr. Stephanie J. Rowley Provost, Dean and VP for Academic Affairs

Dr. Stephanie J. Rowley, associate vice president for research in the University of Michigan’s Office of Research, has been named the next provost, dean and vice president for academic affairs at Teachers College, Columbia University, effective July 1. Rowley will succeed Dr. Thomas James, who served as the college’s chief academic officer for 12 years. […]

April 16, 2019

News Roundup

Swastikas Painted on Wall Outside of Professor’s Office Triggers Investigation

Dr. Elizabeth Midlarsky, a Jewish professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College who teaches and researches the Holocaust, was heading to her office on Wednesday when she found two swastikas, an painted on the walls outside her office. “I was in shock. I stopped for a moment, because I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” Midlarsky […]

November 29, 2018

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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