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Field, Kelly – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Yielding to pressure from Congress and grant recipients, the U.S. Education Department has agreed to abandon a controversial evaluation of the Upward Bound (UB) college-preparation program. The study, which began last year, was designed to measure whether Upward Bound would have a bigger impact on college-going rates if it were refocused on…
Descriptors: Control Groups, First Generation College Students, State Departments of Education, College Preparation
Wolverton, Brad – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports that the facilities arms race in college sports has a new frontier: academic-services buildings. Over the past decade, a dozen major college programs have built stand-alone academic centers, most of them for the exclusive use of athletes. At least seven more colleges are planning new buildings or major renovations in coming…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Athletes, Competition, College Programs