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CUE in the News

Recent News:  The Center for Urban Education "Accountability, Equity, and Practitioner Learning and Change" article is featured in Metropolitan Universities Journal.The authors are Estela Mara Bensimon,Robert Rueda,Alicia C. Dowd and Frank Harris III. To download the article click here. To subscribe to this journal click here. The Center for Urban Education has received an NSF research grant to conduct a study to identify practical ways of increasing Latino students’ access to and success in STEM majors including science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science The Equity Scorecard helps San Joaquin Delta College address the needs of their diverse student body. Equity Scorecard is named a “stand-out” initiative by the Teagle Foundation in eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in college completion and achievement (Click here for a copy of the full report) USC News: Equity Scorecard Project Spells Success: The diversity assessment tool designed by the USC Rossier School’s Center for Urban Education yields positive changes at Loyola Marymount. The Equity Scorecard is featured in University Business magazine as a best practice in helping to close the achievement gap in higher education among underrepresented students. Creating Institutional Transformation using the Equity Scorecard Equity Scorecard helps the University of Wisconsin study and solve achievement gaps USC hosts Roundtable on Basic Skills in California Community College Estela Bensimon received the California Community College Chancellor’s Special Recognition Award for advancing equity in community colleges.(2006, November). USC Today. ‘Not just about the numbers’: Equity Scorecard program opportunity for assessment Junior College Rarely Leads to Private University. (2006, June 21). The Los Angeles Times (fee required). Number of Students Transferring From Community Colleges to Elite Institutions Plunges. (2006, June 20). Chronicle.com. (subscription required). Washington State University collaborates with CUE in the Equity Scorecard Project. Equity scorecard seeks to narrow diversity gaps Donald Polkinghorne received the Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award at the 25th Annual Academic Honors Convocation on March 30, 2006. E Educational Equity and Transfer Student (subscription required) Equity Scorecard Adopted by Wisconsin   Archived News

Higher Education News and Events

Student Activities Help 'Level the Playing Field'. (2006, November). USA Today. Engines of Inequality: Diminishing Equity in the Nation’s Premier Public Universities (2006, November). The Education Trust. Placing College Graduation Rates in Context (2006, November). National Center for Education Statistics. Report on Black Males Enrolled at U.S. Flagships (2006). Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Health Policy Institute Nat'l panel pans details of Promise. (2006, November 4). Kalamazoo Gazette. Effort Needed for Equal Education. (2006, June 24). Denver Post. Anti-Urban Bias? : Inside Higher Ed News Past Events