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... GWEN IFILL: Next, we continue our series Rethinking College: Closing the Graduation Gap. Tonight, Hari Sreenivasan looks at an effort in Florida to redefine the mission of community college. HARI SREENIVASAN: For years, college students like Shanae Mullings have had the odds stacked against them. As a first-generation ...
... the 37.9 percent that did in 2008. That stall has more leaders and educators asking what it will take to close the country’s graduation gap. PBS NewsHour coverage of higher education is supported by the Lumina Foundation and American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen, a public media ...
... and annual household incomes for all Americans would drop by 5 percent by 2060, according to research conducted at Rice University. But eliminating longstanding achievement gaps isn’t easy, as Salem State has discovered. Since Almodovar enrolled, the graduation gap there has re-opened, reaching as high as 11 percentage ...
... their bills. APRIL BROWN: And educators across the country are taking a closer look at the school's other targeted interventions that have closed the graduation gap between low-income, minority and first generation college-goers and their white peers. ANDREW NICHOLS, The Education Trust: They have made a significant ...
... graduation rate hasn’t been released yet, but the Department of Education touted this week’s provisional state-level data for showing not only overall graduation gains in a majority of states, but progress in closing the graduation gap between white students and their black or Hispanic classmates in more ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: Next, we wrap up our week-long series, Rethinking College: Closing the Graduation Gap, by visiting with a university president who says the nation's public research universities are failing to meet the needs of low-income students. Hari Sreenivasan reports. MICHAEL CROW, President, Arizona State University ...
... GWEN IFILL: Next: Rethinking College and how to close the graduation gap. Higher education advocates say many colleges are increasing financial aid to affluent families, while aid to needy students remains stagnant. Tonight, Hari Sreenivasan features one college that has decided to buck that trend. MAN: Congratulations. (APPLAUSE) HARI ...
... mean that money goes to students whose families can already afford college, bypassing those who can’t. This, in turn, can contribute to the wide graduation gap. Now, however, some schools are choosing to do away with merit-based scholarships, and instead giving out only need-based awards. To discuss ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: Next tonight, we continue our series Rethinking College: Closing the Graduation Gap with a story about a unique experiment on the border of Mexico. There, a high school district and a local college have combined forces to dramatically increase the number of college graduates in the region ...
... a vast number of them from low-income families. This week, the NewsHour looks at five experiments aimed at closing what is being called the graduation gap. We start with the University of Texas at Austin. DAVID LAUDE, Professor, University of Texas at Austin: There is a forward reaction, endothermic ...
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