2011年8月31日星期三

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


First-and second-generation immigrants make up 41 percent of Ivy League black students (The Lookout)

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:59 PM PDT

The Lookout - Cord Jefferson at Good Magazine points to research that shows that first-and second-generation black immigrants make up 41 percent of all black students at Ivy League universities, even though they constitute less than 1 percent of the U.S. population. Jefferson writes that Ivy League schools brag about their diversity while "admitting hugely disproportionate numbers of [...]

Irene delays opening of schools across East (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2011 photo, Margaretville Central School Athletic Director Jeremey Marks stands next to a school bus in floodwaters in Margaretville, N.Y. Power failures, flooding, road closures and other problems left by Irene have led the school year to start late in several states including Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware. (AP Photo/Dick Sanford)AP - Parents may be ready to send their kids back to school, but some schools aren't ready to take them back.


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