Today, June 23, marks the 39th anniversary of the signing of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the federal statute prohibiting sex discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. This short provision, which is only one sentence long, has had a dramatic effect on all areas of education, opening [...]
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Project Profiles: Latina Fashionista
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Women & Economic Security, tagged college and career opportunities, Community Action Grants, fashion, Fellowships, Fellowships and Grants, fga, Following the Fellows, graduation, grants, Grants & Awards, High School, Latina, project profiles, Research and Grants on September 26, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
The first grant Roseanna Garcia, 2007–08 Community Action Grantee, ever wrote was to AAUW for her project Latina Fashionista, aimed at helping Latina youth understand college and career opportunities for minority women interested in the fashion industry. She told me she couldn’t believe it when she received the large acceptance envelope in the mail. The [...]
Abysmal Graduation Rates
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged achievement gap, America's Promise Alliance, American Idol, education, ged, graduation, Gretchen Wilson, High School on May 13, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
The other day I happened to catch a brief blurb in the news about country singer Gretchen Wilson achieving her GED at age 34. One of the main reasons she cited for obtaining her degree, after having dropped out of school in ninth grade, was that she did not want her seven-year-old daughter to believe [...]
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