Expert Q&A | May 7, 2013
Isabel V. Sawhill, Ron Haskins
Isabel Sawhill: It’s shocking that the U.S. spends $100 billion subsidizing college grant programs and student loans with no clear evidence that these expenditures actually increase college graduation rates.
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Is There a Better Way to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College?
Event | May 7, 2013
Beth Akers
Beth Akers: We need to accept that all students won’t be better off by going to college.
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Is There a Better Way to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College?
Event | May 7, 2013
Ron Haskins
Ron Haskins: Disadvantaged college students are often failed early in their academic careers. Our findings show that many K-12 school systems produce students who aren’t ready for college.
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Is There a Better Way to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College?
Event | May 7, 2013
Harry Holzer
Harry Holzer, Georgetown University: Colleges need to be responsive to the needs of disadvantaged students, meaning they should provide more career counseling and a curriculum that would better prepare this population for the labor market.
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Is There a Better Way to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College?
Event | May 7, 2013
Cecilia Rouse
Cecilia Rouse, Princeton University: One of the first things we need to do in order to help disadvantaged students succeed in college is to define what it means to be “college ready.”
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Is There a Better Way to Prepare Disadvantaged Students for College?
Event | May 7, 2013
Andrea Venezia
Andrea Venezia, California State University: The effort to help disadvantaged college students is impaired because there is no consensus or methodically constructed programs addressing which students to serve, the strategy and the desired outcomes.
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Pathways to the Middle Class: Balancing Personal and Public Responsibilities
Event | September 20, 2012
Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus, Washington Post: The presidential debates should focus on education and the discourse could stress what this report shows: that disadvantaged children will likely remain disadvantaged unless they’re given support and help to succeed.
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Immigrant Children Falling Behind: Implications and Policy Prescriptions
Event | April 20, 2011
Marta Tienda
Marta Tienda, Princeton University: Let’s look at educating immigrant children as an investment in the country. Many states are passing their version of the DREAM Act in order to capitalize on the years of education they provide.
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Science and Technology Education: Preparing and Inspiring America’s Next Generation
Event | September 13, 2010
Full Event: A panel of leaders from academia, Congress and the administration, moderated by Brookings Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne, Jr., discussed key issues in STEM education.
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Event | May 11, 2010
On May 11, Brookings experts presented a new report, "Re-imagining Education Journalism," which relies on interviews and case studies to summarize new trends in education coverage and how leading outlets are re-imagining their futures.
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