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OPINION: We must close college counseling’s equity gap

The Hechinger Report

The ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies require counselors to “use multicultural and social justice theories to promote equity and access for all students.”. and is the author of the book How to Tutor Your Own Child (2011). Does this include calling out flagrant abuse and discriminatory practices?

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

But now a convergence of factors — a dwindling pool of traditional-age students, the call for more educated workers and a pandemic that highlighted economic disparities and scrambled habits and jobs — is putting adults in the spotlight. If we are not doing this,” he said, “it is a social justice issue.

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Universities try to catch up to their growing Latinx populations

The Hechinger Report

Hanging on an office door in Hawthorn Hall, for example, is a pastel-colored advertisement from Student Support Services inviting Latinx students to stop by for help with academic advising, tutoring and mentoring, book and laptop loan programs and financial literacy education. Aaron Cantú, for The Hechinger Report.

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Facing legal threats, colleges back off race-based programs

The Hechinger Report

As a first-year student living at home, Molina recalled at first even being unsure how classes worked, where to find food or tutoring help on campus, and where to make friends. Some experts argue that it remains a pressing national issue. This was valuable information.

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‘You can’t help but to wonder’: Crumbling schools, less money, and dismal outcomes in the county that was supposed to change everything for black children in the South

The Hechinger Report

Fourth graders in the state from almost every racial and economic background improved their scores on the exam. As Rand earned community service hours tutoring children, she wondered if teaching was in her future. Holmes senior Justice Grisby completes a review sheet on factors of production in her economics class.