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Anna McDougall; Douglas McKee; George Orlov – Journal of Economic Education, 2025
While the field of economics lacks diversity, there is little consensus on the underlying causes of or most effective solutions to this problem. The authors of this article combine data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) with data from their own survey of U.S. economics departments to identify institution and…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Economics Education, Departments, Undergraduate Students
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Joya Misra; Ethel L. Mickey; Ember Skye Kanelee; Laurel Smith-Doerr – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2024
Climate studies that measure equity and inclusion among faculty reveal widespread gender and race disparities in higher education. The chilly departmental climate that women and faculty of color experience is typically measured through university-wide surveys. Although inclusion plays out at the department level, research rarely focuses on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Departments, STEM Education, Educational Environment
Modern Language Association, 2024
The Association of Departments of English (ADE) Ad Hoc Committee on English Majors' Career Preparation and Outcomes was charged with reporting on career outcomes for English majors and minors; gathering case studies and other forms of evidence of departments' effective strategies and curricular innovations for working with students on career…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, English Instruction, Majors (Students), Career Development
Donna Elam; Jill Feldman; Shauna Harps; Clarissa McKithen – Region 5 Comprehensive Center, 2024
Tennessee's State Board of Education developed Educator Diversity Policy 5.700 to promote the recruitment and retention of educators from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Accordingly, districts throughout the state develop annual diversity goals that reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of their student population and strategies for…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, Educational Policy, Diversity (Faculty), Employment Practices
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Pride, Kiffany – Learning Professional, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the longstanding pattern of lower scholastic performance among marginalized groups of students negatively impacted by poverty, disability, and race. The perception among educators and citizens continues to be that practices around equal rights equate to provisions related to equity. In Arkansas, the unknown…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Equal Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr; Pold, Jack – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2021
The trend data detailed in this "Focus On" includes doctorates from the class of 2019. It presents data on the number of physics PhDs awarded in the U.S. including data on citizenship, women, and PhDs from underrepresented groups. It also includes data on educational background, time to degree, subfield of dissertation, and general…
Descriptors: Physics, Doctoral Degrees, Enrollment, Educational Trends
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Mikkelsen, Nils J.; Young, Nicholas T.; Caballero, Marcos D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Despite limiting access to applicants from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, the practice of using hard or soft Graduate Record Examination (GRE) cutoff scores in physics graduate program admissions is still a popular method for reducing the pool of applicants. The present study considers whether the undergraduate institutions of…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Admission Criteria, Selective Admission, Scores
US Senate, 2023
Data shows that kids are months or even years behind where they would be in a typical year. And a deepening educational divide between majority white schools and majority black schools, between wealthier school districts and higher poverty districts. The results of this year's statewide exams made abundantly clear what other data is showing as…
Descriptors: Hearings, Best Practices, Achievement Gap, Racial Differences
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Hester, C.; Lazarev, V.; Zacamy, J.; Nardi, C.; Feygin, A. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest partnered with the Arkansas Department of Education to examine Arkansas's middle school and high school indicators of postsecondary readiness and success, building on an earlier study of these indicators (Hester et al., 2021). Academic indicators include attaining proficiency on state academic…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, College Readiness, Middle School Students, High School Students
Rodriguez, Olga; Hill, Laura; Payares-Montoya, Daniel – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705) sought to increase successful completion of transfer-level math and English courses by addressing systemic problems in traditional placement policies and curricular structures. The law requires colleges to maximize the probability that students who enroll in credit English as a second language (ESL) courses complete…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Rodriguez, Olga; Hill, Laura; Payares-Montoya, Daniel – Public Policy Institute of California, 2022
These technical appendices are for the report, "English as a Second Language at California's Community Colleges: An Early Examination of AB 705 Reforms." Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705 Irwin) sought to increase successful completion of transfer-level math and English courses by addressing systemic problems in traditional placement policies…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Hester, Candace; Lazarev, Valeriy; Zacamy, Jenna; Nardi, Chelsey; Feygin, Amy – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest partnered with the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) to examine Arkansas's middle and high school indicators of postsecondary readiness and success, building on an earlier study of these indicators (Hester et al., 2021). Academic indicators include attaining proficiency on state achievement tests,…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Middle School Students, High School Students, Achievement Tests