...tood to be invalid for decision-making and harmful to their own education and well-being (because such tests take up a large amount of time, resources, and emotional toll). But the new law [...]
...hould the Times beforehand have warned about unrealized possibilities. The editorial, I thought, was thoughtful and decent. Also, the report is of a sit-in by concerned [...]
...ey City, Newark and Paterson, N.J.; Memphis and Nashville, Tenn.; Detroit; and in Georgia. All of these districts have majority-minority student populations. Milwaukee Public [...]
...is, over 740 people signed an open letter telling Christakis that her “offensive” email invalidated marginalized students of color on campus. Senior Yale [...]
...Wits, University of Cape Town, UJ, University of Free State and North West held mass meetings and decided to continue the struggle for free education. Therefore, what we are witnessing is not [...]
...for the government to drop steep charges levied against dozens of demonstrators who were detained. Patrick Bond, professor of Political Economy at the University of the Witwatersrand in [...]
...rino said. DEJA SAMUEL Members of pro-segregationist and white supremacist groups protested at Ole Miss after students held a rally to take down the Mississippi state flag on [...]
...hese less-than-lofty numbers. The 28 schools in the New York Performance Standards Consortium network boast graduation, college-going, and college retention rates that routinely top city, [...]
...has decreased significantly in the past five years. The school also enrolls a greater percentage of Pell Grant recipients than other elite schools. Finally, NYU points out that its endowment [...]
...or part-time students is $1,305 per credit hour, or $3,915 for a three-credit class. An adjunct faculty member at this institution is paid $3,000 per semester to teach a [...]
...ertel of Stanford University says using tests scores to evaluate teachers is “sorting mostly on noise” because of the tests’ unreliability and inconsistency. Because low-test [...]
...ey look like they are up to no good, the student replied. Would you act on that? the instructor asked. Sure, the student said. Haas immediately pulled him [...]
...ant inception and reflects our commitment to take on the environmental challenges that confront us all,” said UMass President Marty Meehan. “Important societal change often begins [...]
...xample of Orwellian doublespeak engineered by public relations factotums for bondholders and banks. The real hazard to every economy is the tendency for debts to grow beyond the ability of [...]
...ived degrees. To increase the graduation rate, the group last year implemented support programs at Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Valley Community College to offer mentorship, [...]
