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. ...
Study: Teachers choose schools according to student race
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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 ...
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.
Research examines coping strategies of African-American students in predominantly white schools
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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
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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.
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. ...
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 ...
