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Tag: Socioeconomic Diversity: Page 2
Leadership & Policy
A Pathway to Success
With the total price tag of a bachelor’s degree from a top-tier U.S. college or university hovering around $150,000…
February 21, 2007
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Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
Where There’s a Will, There’s a WayOne of the questions that we can count on getting when we release our Top 100 undergraduate degree producers edition centers on the basic notion that the tabulations are inherently biased and favor the large state universities. Our response has always been not to shoot the messenger but to […]
June 2, 2004
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College Access Still Tied to Income, Report Says
College Access Still Tied to Income, Report SaysLow-income students face disadvantage in college preparednessBy Garry BoulardIncome, or lack thereof, may still be the single most important factor determining both college access and completion, according to a soon-to-be published study by the Mellon Foundation.“Is the glass half full or half empty?” Dr. William G. Bowen, the […]
May 19, 2004
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Survey: High-School Graduation Rates Are Highest in West, Midwest
Survey: High-School Graduation Rates Are Highest in West, Midwest Mostly rural states in the West and Midwest have the highest percentage of residents with high-school diplomas, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in December. Wyoming leads the nation with 90.2 percent of residents 25 and older having graduated from high school, followed by Utah […]
December 31, 2003
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University of North Carolina System Updates Strategy for Diversity
University of North Carolina System Updates Strategy for DiversityRALEIGH, N.C. In an effort to make its 16 campuses better represent the state’s population, the University of North Carolina system is developing a new strategy to build ethnic and socio-economic diversity. The new approach updates a 1981 university policy that emphasizes the integration of White and […]
February 28, 2001
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Six Universities Selected for National High School Journalism Project
Six Universities Selected for National High School Journalism ProjectCollege Park, Md.Six journalism schools have been selected to create and host an intensive two-week high school program designed to increase diversity within the nation’s newsrooms. Diversifying the nation’s newsrooms has been a long-time goal of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Studies show that the number […]
January 3, 2001
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Shaking Up the Planetarium Universe
Shaking Up the Planetarium UniverseThe investment of $210 million for New York’s Rose Center for Earth and Space is one of the most dramatic events to occur in the planetarium world in years. Built on the site of the old Hayden Planetarium, across the street from Central Park on the upper west side of Manhattan, […]
February 16, 2000
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