Are race-conscious scholarships on their way out?
By Jeffrey C. Sun, University of Louisville and Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton The fate of hundred of millions of dollars in scholarship money is up in the air…
By Jeffrey C. Sun, University of Louisville and Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton The fate of hundred of millions of dollars in scholarship money is up in the air…
By Robert Samuels, University of California, Santa Barbara The Conversation, CC BY-ND A recent federal study on graduation rates for American colleges and universities shows that 40% of all students…
By Joseph Soares, Wake Forest University Earlier this year, a number of colleges announced they were going back to using the SAT and the ACT. Here, Joseph Soares, a professor…
By Boaz Dvir, Penn State When Duval Elementary – a school that served mostly Black and poor students in East Gainesville, Florida – failed the state’s high-stakes standardized test in…
By Daniel H. Robinson, University of Texas at Arlington Upon becoming mayor of Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker announced that she will establish a working group on full-day and year-round schooling –…
ANAHUAC, Texas -- On Wednesday, a judge said there will be a trial next month to decide if a Black high school student in Texas can continue to be punished…
ST. LOUIS – After being met with growing opposition, a St. Louis school district said it will continue to offer elective Black history classes -- a reversal from a controversial…
Black enrollment at Virginia’s Christopher Newport University fell by more than half under longtime president Paul Trible, a former Republican senator who wanted to “offer a private school experience.” By…
By Jerald Podair, Lawrence University A key issue underlying the 2023 Virginia election first drew statewide – and national – attention in a debate two years ago. During a 2021…
By Jamaal Abdul-Alim, University of Maryland If you ask just about anyone at Howard University what’s the other name for their school, they will readily tell you: “The Mecca.” The…