News tagged with black students
Racial Segregation Fuels Early Black-White Achievement Gap, Data Suggest
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Racial segregation of schools, and thereby segregated neighborhoods, appears to be a leading source of academic achievement disparities between young black and white children, according to research by sociologist Dennis J. ...
Immigrant Blacks More Likely to Attend Elite Colleges
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2009 |
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A larger proportion of immigrant black high school graduates attend selective colleges and universities than both native black and white students in America, according to a study by sociologists at Johns Hopkins University ...
Research examines coping strategies of African-American students in predominantly white schools
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2009 |
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A new study examining the interactions of black and white high-achieving students in elite, private high schools reveals how today's millennial generation is negotiating race, identity and academic success. In a paper presented ...
Roommate assignments key in increasing interracial friendships in college
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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White students generally increased their number of interracial friendships during their first year of college, while black students showed a slight decrease, according to a study at one highly selective private university.
Study: Teachers choose schools according to student race
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 27, 2009 |
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A study forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics suggests that high-quality teachers tend to leave schools that experience inflows of black students. According to the study's author, C. Kirabo Jackson (Cornell Univer ...
UGA research explores little-known chapter in college desegregation
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Many of the battles to desegregate Southern colleges and universities were fought in public, but efforts to desegregate the standardized testing that is often a prerequisite to admission have, until now, received little attention. ...
Study reveals gap in HIV testing knowledge among college students
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Most college students understand how they can prevent the transmission of HIV but are less knowledgeable about HIV testing, according to a new University of Georgia study.
