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The Century Foundation

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Name: The Century Foundation

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 2 reports

Affirmative Action May Not Be the Problem; Do Colleges Prefer Rich Students?

(Photo: Reuters/Brian Snyder)Harvard Business School students cheer during their graduation ceremonies in Boston, Massachusetts following Harvard University's 358th Commencement June 4, 2009.By Napp Nazworth , Christian Post ReporterJune 14, 2013|8:08 ... [Published Christian Post - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Affirmative Action, Bill Keller, David Leonhardt, Admission, The Century Foundation

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Ira Rubenzahl : Separate and Unequal in Higher Education

It's been almost 60 years since the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown vs. Board of Education led to the dismantling of segregated schools in the South. While legal segregation was halted, public schools especially in large cities have become increasingly ... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Higher Education, The Century Foundation, Supreme Court

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Support for Affirmative Action at Record Low

Support for race-based affirmative action is at an all-time low. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found only 45% of Americans feel affirmative action programs are still needed, while 45% believe such programs should end. In 1991, a record 61% ... [Published Breitbart Feed - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Affirmative Action, The Century Foundation, NBC News Channel, Hispanics, Tea Party Movement

First reported Jun 08 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 1 reports

Most Community College Students Will Never Earn A Bachelor’s Degree

The crushing student loan debt crisis has many questioning the value of achieving a higher education. Still many high school graduates, GED holders, and adults seeking occupational training often opt to take what they think is a cost-efficient route of ... [Published Inquisitr - Jun 08 2013]

Entities: The Century Foundation, Certification, paradigms, student loan, Online Scams

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Wheelock College

Volume 59, Issue 38: June 7, 2013

More Public Colleges Opt for Closed Presidential SearchesLaws about openness in searches vary by state, and some are unclear, as shown by recent lawsuits against Louisiana State University.The Century Foundation calls for radical change to avoid "the ... [Published Chronicle of Higher Education - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Jackie Jenkins-Scott, Eric Banks (composer), Wheelock College, Kappa Alpha Theta, The Century Foundation

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 2 reports

Economics Daily Digest: Your cable package is free speech

By Rachel Goldfarb, originally posted on Next New Deal Click here to receive the Daily Digest via email. Comcast and Verizon’s Phony Free-Speech Claim ( Bloomberg ) Roosevelt Institute Fellow Susan Crawford knows that it's the cable and ... [Published Daily Kos - May 30 2013]

Entities: Free Speech, Sequester, Tom Edsall, The Century Foundation

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 4 reports

Education is for parents too - CEPEDA

CHICAGO — When I saw a recent Pew Hispanic Center report with the sunny title, "Hispanic High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment," I thought, "What's the catch?"There was none on this exact point. A record 69 percent of Hispanic ... [Published Oakland Press - May 30 2013]

Entities: Hispanics, Education, The Century Foundation, American Association of Community Colleges

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Dr. Brian C. Mitchell: Building Bridges: Connecting Pathways To Lead Somewhere

On May 23, the Century Foundation Task Force on Preventing Community Colleges from Becoming Separate and Unequal released an important new study describing how best to strengthen community colleges to achieve socioeconomic mobility for more Americans. ... [Published Huffington Post - May 30 2013]

Entities: Brian C. Mitchell, Stratification, Task Force

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Preventing Separate And Unequal

Attention (please), all 11 million community college students and 1,200 community college presidents. (I am screaming here.) Where are you? The Century Foundation started a revolution -– for all of you.This revolution comes in The Report of the Century ... [Published Career College Central - May 29 2013]

Entities: The Century Foundation, Litigation, Civil Rights, Inequality

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

How America's 2-Tiered Education System Is Perpetuating Inequality

President Obama, with Eduardo Padrón (left), receives an honorary Associates of Science degree from Miami-Dade College in 2011. (Larry Downing/Reuters)In 2006, Amherst College made a decision that administrators at some other schools considered radical. ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 25 2013]

Entities: Anthony Marx, Inequality, The Century Foundation, The College of New Jersey, Education

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 3 reports

'New finds to keep upward oil trend in check'

These are questions that are crucial to a pending decision by the US government over natural gas exports, and while we know where big oil stands versus its manufacturing rivalsâit's the economist who can set things straight. If you want an objective view ... [Published India Infoline - May 24 2013]

Entities: The Century Foundation, James Stafford, United States Government, Natural Gas

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Community Colleges Are Getting Screwed Financially

As higher education in America grows both more expensive and more necessary (as an entry fee to a middle class life), community colleges— the last affordable path into college— grow more important. But they're not getting any more well-funded. Quite the ... [Published Gawker - May 23 2013]

Entities: The Century Foundation, Flickr, Higher Education, Inflation

Quotes

"As we prepare people for work and life," he said, "the absence of diversity on campus deprives all of our students of a very important part of their academic growth." Online

Affirmative action ruling contest: race vs. class [Published York Daily Record - Jun 16 2013]

Just last month, The Century Foundation, a left-of-center think tank, released a report, "Bridging the Higher Education Divide: Strengthening Community Colleges and Restoring the American Dream" showing that 70 percent of the students enrolled at the most competitive universities are from the wealthiest families, or those in the top 25 percent...

Affirmative Action May Not Be the Problem; Do Colleges Prefer Rich Students? [Published Christian Post - Jun 14 2013]

On-campus housing can also show how a school fosters interaction between students of different backgrounds. "We have here at Stanford what we call ethnic-theme dorms" says Dickson...

Gauge a School's Commitment to Diversity Before Enrolling [Published US News & World Report - Jun 13 2013]

But Brown also stressed the ongoing need for programs to assist minorities. "My concern is underneath the veneer there is this separate story that the descendants of slaves are falling farther and farther to the bottom in a way that no one would recognize. The group most left behind is the group most affected by our history of racial discrimination. Brown has written about the . In other words, that American black descendants of slaves are increasingly making up fewer of those benefiting from affirmative action. Instead, he says, immigrant blacks from the Caribbean and Africa are making up bigger percentages of the blacks getting preference for elite colleges. In some places, Brown said, if you go to your elite Ivy League schools, youre finding very few of your traditional African-Americans. Theyre maybe about one-third of blacks in those schools. Unlike the president, who grew up in the U S , youre coming up with a lot of black immigrants. Frankly, the U S civil-rights struggle is not their struggle. And even when it comes to Obama -- to Lathams point of there being more black leaders like the president, former Secretary of State Powell, and Attorney General Eric Holder -- Brown said, Can I just point out -- Kenyan, Caribbean, Caribbean. There have also been campaigns against affirmative-action programs in the states over the last 20 years led by former University of California Regent Ward Connerly, points out Thomas J Espenshade, a sociology professor at Princeton and co-author of No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal. In a broader context, Espenshade noted, it is the case that an increasing number of states have done away with race considerations in public education or public employment either because of constitutional amendments or gubernatorial action. Affirmative action has been banned in eight states -- Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Washington."

Poll: Affirmative action support hits record low [Published NBCNews.com - Jun 11 2013]

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Affirmative action ruling contest: race vs. class [Published York Daily Record - Jun 16 2013]
Rising Income Inequality and the Role of Shifti... [Published Economic Policy Institute - Jun 14 2013]
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Ruling may affect campus diversity [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Jun 13 2013]
Education is for parents, too [Published Glenwood Independent - Jun 12 2013]
Ira Rubenzahl : Separate and Unequal in Higher ... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 12 2013]
Support for Affirmative Action at Record Low [Published Breitbart Feed - Jun 12 2013]
A new ‘Education Declaration’ for genuine schoo... [Published Washington Post - Jun 11 2013]
Income-based diversity push falls short [Published Caribbean Today - Jun 11 2013]
Poll: Affirmative action support hits record low [Published NBCNews.com - Jun 11 2013]
NBC News/WSJ poll: Affirmative action support a... [Published First Read - Jun 11 2013]
Most Community College Students Will Never Earn... [Published Inquisitr - Jun 08 2013]
Volume 59, Issue 38: June 7, 2013 [Published Chronicle of Higher Education - Jun 04 2013]
End race-based affirmative action? Yes. [Published New York Daily News - Jun 02 2013]
Ivy Tech considers closing about one-fourth of ... [Published Indianapolis Star - Jun 01 2013]
Economics Daily Digest: Your cable package is f... [Published Daily Kos - May 30 2013]
Why This Affirmative Action Debate is Different [Published Yahoo! News - May 30 2013]
Education is for parents too - CEPEDA [Published Oakland Press - May 30 2013]
Daily Digest - May 30: Your Cable Package is Fr... [Published Next New Deal - May 30 2013]
Education is for parents too [Published Deming Headlight - May 30 2013]
Education is for parents, too [Published Gazette Extra! - May 30 2013]
More Hispanics graduate from high school, but o... [Published Farmington New Mexico Daily Times - May 30 2013]
Dr. Brian C. Mitchell: Building Bridges: Connec... [Published Huffington Post - May 30 2013]
Esther J. Cepeda: Must educate not only Hispani... [Published Contra Costa Times - May 29 2013]
Preventing Separate And Unequal [Published Career College Central - May 29 2013]
Félix Matos Rodríguez: $46,432 vs. $372 -- Comm... [Published Huffington Post - May 28 2013]
Taking a Deep Look at America’s Energy Status [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 28 2013]
Community colleges must back report's call for ... [Published Inside Higher Ed - May 28 2013]
How America's 2-Tiered Education System Is Perp... [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 25 2013]

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Support for Affirmative Action at Record Low [Published Breitbart Feed - Jun 12 2013] Support for race-based affirmative action is at an all-time low. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found only 45% of Americans feel affirmative action programs are still needed, while 45% believe such programs should end. In 1991, a record 61% ...
NBC News/WSJ poll: Affirmative action support a... [Published First Read - Jun 11 2013] By Domenico Montanaro, Deputy Political Editor, NBC News As the Supreme Court prepares to once again weigh in on the issue of affirmative action, a record-low number of Americans support such programs, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal ...
Economics Daily Digest: Your cable package is f... [Published Daily Kos - May 30 2013] By Rachel Goldfarb, originally posted on Next New Deal Click here to receive the Daily Digest via email. Comcast and Verizon’s Phony Free-Speech Claim ( Bloomberg ) Roosevelt Institute Fellow Susan Crawford knows that it's the cable and ...
Daily Digest - May 30: Your Cable Package is Fr... [Published Next New Deal - May 30 2013] Click here to receive the Daily Digest via email. Comcast and Verizon’s Phony Free-Speech Claim ( Bloomberg ) Roosevelt Institute Fellow Susan Crawford knows that it's the cable and internet providers who are trying to limit speech through their ...
Taking a Deep Look at America’s Energy Status [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 28 2013] If you want an objective view of energy, ask an economist, who can tell you what to expect to pay at the pump in the coming years, and why, as well as what to expect from medium- and long-term economic growth and what the real drivers will be. These ...