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Nobody’s Perfect: Helping Students Navigate Achievement and Academic Excellence

Timely MD

In 2017, the American Psychological Association (APA) published a study that examined data from over 40,000 college students in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom between 1989 and 2016. Academic pressure The competitive nature of college admissions, scholarships, and job placements has intensified recently.

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Research Underway by Gates Foundation Partners to Better Understand Test-Optional Admission

NACAC's Admitted

A 2016 NACAC study confirmed that of the institutions that required admission test scores at the time, only about half (51 percent) conducted research to understand the influence of those scores in their students’ persistence at the institution. They don’t — test scores can augment admission considerations, but are not determinant of merit.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. An antiracist approach to counseling gifted Black boys with disabilities. Dr. Erik M. Hines and E.C. Emerald Publishing Limited. Chapter 7: Mayes, R.D.

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