268. Review of College News

Here are some links to today's stories

about college access and success.

by

Joe Rottenborn

Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)

1. The key to a good education: parents (not teachers), by Patrick Welsh - http://t.co/6QK7uBA via @USATODAY - "Reduced to its simplest terms, the rationale behind the attack on teachers is this: Children born to single, semi-literate, poverty-stricken 16- or 17-year-olds can, with the right teachers, reach the same level of academic skill as children born to parents such as Ben's and Emma's. Teachers would love to have such power, but statistics and common sense show that with few exceptions, things don't work that way."

2. College Board Finds Minority Men Continue to Lag Academically, by Lily Altavena - http://nyti.ms/ixBLbB - "According to the reports, 16 percent of Latino and 28 percent of African-American men ages 25 to 34 had obtained an associate’s degree or higher as of 2008, while the comparable figure for white men was 44 percent and for Asian men, 70 percent."

3. ACT's Validity Questioned, by Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/mxJGct - "A new study has found that two of the four main parts of the ACT -- science and reading -- have "little or no" ability to help colleges predict whether applicants will succeed.The analysis also found that the other two parts -- English and mathematics -- are "highly predictive" of college success. But because most colleges rely on the composite ACT score, rather than individual subject scores, the value of the entire exam is questioned by the study."

4. Who Isn’t Going to College, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/dlXCjHE via @cbsmoneywatch - "Nearly half of young male high school graduates, who are minorities, are either unemployed, imprisoned or dead by the time they are 24."

5. Rick Hess Straight Up: Straight Up Conversation: KIPP CEO Richard Barth on the College Completion Challenge - http://t.co/QFokY93 - "One risk is we've learned "to college" is not "through college." The whole country is focusing on high school graduation rates and getting kids to college. We're shedding light on the fact that the difference between "to college" and "through college" is massive."

6. Plan Aims to Revitalize Detroit Schools - http://nyti.ms/mTWLy5 - "Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said that Detroit’s schools are “the bottom of the barrel” and that something must be done to save its children."

7. A Single Mother Celebrates Her Graduation, by Lauren Sieben - http://chronicle.com/blogs/saysomething/2011/06/20/episode-17-a-single-mother-celebrates-her-graduation/ - "In this episode, we hear from Allie Barnard, a single mother who graduated this spring from Endicott College with her 3-year-old daughter, Avarie, by her side."

8. The Educational Crisis of Young Men of Color, by Gaston Caperton and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gaston-caperton/the-educational-crisis-of_b_877716.html?ir=College - "There is an education crisis facing young men of color. It's not on the front page of the newspaper. People aren't organizing on Facebook or Twitter. But it's out there, and if we fail to address this crisis together, the education level of the entire American workforce will decline for the first time in our history."

267. Review of College News

Here are some links to today's stories
about college access and success.
by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)

1. Read The Joe Rottenborn Daily ▸ today's top stories via @rottenbornj ▸ http://t.co/UftEiOc

2. Access and Equity -- Worldwide, by Elizabeth Redden - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/kU68Wo - “This is an organization that seeks to facilitate education as a solution,” said J. Michael Adams, the new president of IAUP and president of Fairleigh Dickinson University, in New Jersey. “Give me a problem and I will tell you the solution: the solution is education.”

3. New Reports Reveal Alarming Facts About the Educational Experiences of Young Men of Color - http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/collegeboard/50563/ - "Nearly half of young men of color age 15 to 24 who graduate from high school will end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead."

4. Diplomas Count 2011, Education Week - http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2011/06/09/index.html?intc=EW-DC11-EWH - "This year's Diplomas Count reconsiders the "college for all" movement and examines postsecondary options for students other than a bachelor's degree."

5. At High School in Queens, an R.O.T.C. Program’s Enduring Influence, by Michael Winerip - http://nyti.ms/jnvWp0 - "The junior cadets’ purposefulness sets the tone for the entire school, Mr. Shama said. “R.O.T.C. has the biggest impact of any program in our school,” he said. “Nothing comes close.”

6. Nancy Folbre: Will Business Buy In to Early Childhood Education? - http://nyti.ms/kHBIoj - "Economists disagree about a lot of things, but many agree that public investments in early childhood education pay off. The social benefits far exceed the social costs."

7. Male Students of Color From Different Backgrounds Face Similar Hurdles, by Molly Redden - http://chronicle.com/article/Male-Students-of-Color-From/127953/ - "But with great frequency they reported dealing with stereotypes, with the pressure to support their communities or families, with money problems, or with a feeling of alienation from their campus."

8. Study: Clubs in High School Lead to Higher Salaries Later, by Kayla Webley - http://t.co/rK9fV4o via @TIMENewsFeed - "GOOD uncovered a study that said a student who participates in extracurricular activities in high school will earn 11.8% more in later life. The report, published by Vasilios D. Kosteas, an economics professor at Cleveland State University, concluded the 11.8% salary bump is equivalent to more than two and a half years additional of schooling."

9. The Educational Experience of Young Men of Color: A Review of Research, Pathways and Progress - http://youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/downloads/EEYMC-ResearchReport.pdf - "Recommendation 1: Policymakers must make improving outcomes for young men of color a national priority."