A New Approach to Supporting Students on Their Journey to College Graduation
As her first semester of college at Delaware State University began in fall 2020, Kadiatu Mansaray had a problem: She didn’t have a computer. While the first-year college student was…
Blog Series: College and Career Readiness Through a Race-Conscious Lens
Going to college or entering the workforce after graduating from high school are quintessential milestones for our nation’s students. Preparing for these key life events starts long before a student…
VIDEO: A Natural Fit: Supporting After-School Staff of Color in Teacher Pipelines
One underutilized strategy for increasing the racial diversity of the teacher workforce is to recruit those who have experience working in after-school programs
A New Near-Peer Coaching Program Strives to Keep Incoming Freshmen on Course
The ongoing pandemic has been an incredible challenge for graduating high school seniors in virtually every way. First-generation and low-income students face daunting hurdles on the way to college even…
Paying Colleges to Boost Student Success Could Work – If States Get It Right
A new report by Ed Trust offers a blueprint for designing outcomes-based funding strategies that reward higher education equity Washington (April 1, 2021) – While more than 30 states have…
What Kind of School Produces Hundreds of Top African American Scientists?
One where educators take responsibility to help students thrive, excel, and be intellectually curious. More than 30 years ago, Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III began a small program at the…