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Washington Student Achievement Council, 2021
Nationally, student debt has doubled between 2009 and 2019 and is now hovering around $1.7 trillion. The impact that student debt financing is having on borrowers of color is harmful and unsustainable. It is also widening the already significant racial wealth gap. The pandemic is likely to only exacerbate these inequities as people of color and…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Student Financial Aid, Debt (Financial), Minority Group Students
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Li, Diyi; Koedel, Cory – Educational Researcher, 2017
We use data from 2015-2016 to document faculty representation and wage gaps by race-ethnicity and gender in six fields at selective public universities. Consistent with widely available information, Black, Hispanic, and female professors are underrepresented and White and Asian professors are overrepresented in our data. Disadvantaged minority and…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Teacher Salaries, Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups
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Kennedy, Alec – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Annually, states are required to monitor whether school districts disproportionately refer certain student groups into special education services. However, these monitoring methods do not account for student factors theorized to be associated with the presence of a learning disability. I explore whether conclusions drawn from current measures of…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Special Education, Measurement Techniques, Student Characteristics
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Greenberg Motamedi, Jason; Cox, Monica; Williams, Jacob; Deussen, Theresa – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2016
English learners and students with disabilities both need educational supports to succeed in school. However, the kinds of support these two groups of students need may be different, and not receiving appropriate supports may have negative consequences on student learning (Callahan, 2013; Scott, Boynton Hauerwas, and Brown, 2014). To provide…
Descriptors: Special Education, English Language Learners, Disabilities, Student Diversity
Hunter, Lillian; St. Pierre, Leslie – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2016
Online learning plays an important role in the state's education landscape. Both students and schools benefit from online courses by: (1) Allowing students to enroll in courses that are not available at their school; (2) Ensuring that students are able to earn credits needed for graduation; (3) Providing schools with a wide array of educational…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Annual Reports, Educational Benefits
College Board, 2014
This report provides educators and policymakers with information they can use to celebrate their successes, understand their unique challenges, and set meaningful goals to increase opportunity for all students. It is important to note that while APĀ® Exams are valid measures of students' content mastery of college-level studies in specific academic…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, African American Students, American Indian Students, Asian American Students