Education, the Great Equalizer
November 19th, 2012
Written by Kathy Matheson - Associated Press in Education, the Great Equalizer, Latest News with 0 Comments
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A commission charged with improving higher education in Pennsylvania has recommended that colleges and universities be able to earn additional state funding by meeting certain performance targets.
The proposal by the governor's Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education is among nearly 20 ideas designed to address the state's need for lifelong learners, better...
October 18th, 2012
Written by Brian Witte - Associated Press in Education, the Great Equalizer, Latest News with 0 Comments
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gallaudet University's chief diversity officer said Oct. 16, she believes she should be reinstated to her job after university leadership put her on administrative leave for signing a petition to put same-sex marriage on the ballot for voters to decide in November.
Angela McCaskill, speaking publicly for the first time after she was put on leave last week, sharply criticized...
October 10th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Education, the Great Equalizer, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is questioning the University of Texas' use of race in college admissions in a case that could lead to new limits on affirmative action.
The justices heard arguments Wednesday in a challenge to the program from a white Texan who claims she was discriminated against when the university did not offer her a spot in 2008. The court's conservatives cast doubt on the...
October 9th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Education, the Great Equalizer, Latest News with 0 Comments
BERKELEY, California (AP) — U.S. officials are investigating anti-Semitism allegations at the University of California, Berkeley.
The Los Angeles Times says recent graduates claim university officials created a hostile campus climate for Jewish students by failing to curb anti-Israel protests.
They say a protest against Israel's treatment of Palestinians was one of several February campus events...
August 27th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Education, the Great Equalizer, Ethnicity vs Race, Latest News with 0 Comments
A report from the Center for American Progress released August 22, 2012, indicates there are “lingering vestiges of racial inequality” in America’s schools when it comes to state and local education “per-pupil” spending on students of color.
Another report released August 20, 2012, by the Pew Hispanic Center says Hispanics are now “the largest minority group among the nation’s four-year colleges...
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