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Seider, Scott; Clark, Shelby; Graves, Daren – Child Development, 2020
Critical consciousness, the process by which individuals come to understand, analyze, and take action against systems of oppression, is associated with several positive youth outcomes. However, little research has considered how the core components of critical consciousness (critical reflection, political agency, critical action) are associated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Minority Group Students, Grade Point Average, Political Attitudes
McCleish, Kevin – Critical Questions in Education, 2021
Academic achievement in American high schools is increasingly defined in terms of quantifiable values. Despite being designed to produce favorable data, explicit standardized-test preparation has an insignificant impact on scores and is counterproductive to the cultivation of attributes necessary for success in higher education and effective civic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Status, Scores, Standardized Tests
Stankov, Lazar – Intelligence, 2009
Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated. The evidence is based on 1254 community college students and 1600 foreign students seeking entry to United States' universities. At the individual level of analysis, conservatism scores correlate negatively with SAT, Vocabulary, and Analogy test scores. At the national level of…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Cognitive Ability, Correlation, Community Colleges
Kahlenberg, Richard D. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
At Middlebury College--and on campuses throughout the country--class is coming out of the closet. Long hidden from view, economic status is emerging from the shadows, as once-taboo discussions are taking shape. The growing economic divide in America, and on American campuses, has given rise to new student organizations, and new dialogues, focused…
Descriptors: Student Costs, Socioeconomic Status, Social Class, College Students
Urban, Wayne J. – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2010
This essay critically examines the commitment of James Bryant Conant to equality of opportunity as a guide for educational practice in his own era and in contemporary society. Noted chemist, president of Harvard University from the 1930s through the early 1950s, and noted analyst of the American high school from the time of publication of his…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academically Gifted, Citizenship Education, Educational Practices
Snyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The 2012 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 48th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information
covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Adult Education
Snyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
The 2011 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 47th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information
covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Romanowski, Michael H. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2006
The author examines four common myths that still influence individuals regarding their perspective and understanding of the role homeschooling plays in the education of American children. Myth 1 is that homeschooling produces social misfits, stemming from the belief that homeschooled students lack the socialization skills necessary for normal…
Descriptors: Socialization, Misconceptions, Home Schooling, Public Education
Glover, R. H. – 1976
The College Entrance Examination Board Advisory Panel on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Score Decline considered various changes in American society as a possible cause of the downward trend in SAT scores that has occurred each year since 1963. For a span of 42 years (1933-75), a fold-out chart displays major events and influences on events,…
Descriptors: Charts, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Economic Change
Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Hotz, V. Joseph – Centre for Economic Performance, 2013
The low number of college graduates with science degrees--particularly among underrepresented minorities--is of growing concern. We examine differences across universities in graduating students in different fields. Using student-level data on the University of California system during a period in which racial preferences were in place, we show…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Institutional Characteristics, Universities, Minority Group Students
Brint, Steve; Douglass, John Aubrey; Flacks, Richard; Thomson, Gregg; Chatman, Steve – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2007
The Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Project is a collaborative effort of academic scholars, IR staff, and academic and administrative leaders at each of the UC (University of California) undergraduate campuses and at UCOP (University of California Office of the President). The objective is to develop new types of data and…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Student Experience, Socioeconomic Status, Ethnicity
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Carnoy, Martin – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1995
Addresses the question of why there is a decrease in college participation by blacks and whether this indicates that American society is becoming more racist. It explains how low expectations about going to college can negatively affect secondary school performance and how government policies contributed to those expectations. (GR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Blacks