United Way of New York City Helps Distribute More Than 100 Backpacks to Brownsville Students
Release Date:
10/04/2016
On September 8, FedEx volunteers teamed up with United Way of New York City (UWNYC) to make this first day of school possible.
Education
Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Voluntary summer-learning programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between children from low-income families and those from high-income families, a report from the Wallace Foundation and the RAND Corporation finds.
Century Foundation Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies
Release Date:
09/29/2016
A new report from the Century Foundation criticizes student loan guaranty agencies, arguing that they largely have abandoned their public missions.
Boutiques for the People
Release Date:
09/27/2016
Judith Shapiro, president of the Teagle Foundation, says it's certainly understandable that scalability has become the holy grail of higher education reform, but the dismissive attitude toward so-called boutique programs presents an occasion for...
Mellon's Bengochea: Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth
Release Date:
09/23/2016
Tenured professor jobs are even harder to come by, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation program officer Andrew Bengochea said, and Latino students need more institutional and foundational support to persist, particularly in humanities disciplines.
Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge
Release Date:
09/22/2016
Almost 90 percent of high school graduates spend some time in college, but only 40 percent of those students complete a bachelor's degree in four years and 60 percent in six, according to a new report about undergraduate education.
City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
09/21/2016
On Wednesday, about five years after the launch of the Young Men’s Initiative, the City Council will hold an oversight hearing to examine the status of YMI and its effectiveness nearly three years into the de Blasio administration.
Century Foundation Releases Report on Diversity in New York City’s Universal Pre-K Classrooms
Release Date:
09/20/2016
A new report finds that on average, New York City's pre-K classrooms are even more racially segregated than kindergarten classrooms.
William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans
Release Date:
09/19/2016
A new study of 150 black youths from some of Baltimore’s lowest-income neighborhoods shows that young people who attended for-profit institutions ended up in more debt and with fewer job prospects.
MetLife Foundation and Sesame Workshop Launch 'Dream, Save, Do' to Support Financial Empowerment
Release Date:
09/14/2016
The program will be implemented through Japan’s local school network and is intended to help children, and the adults in their lives, acquire healthy financial skills and behaviors.
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