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...looked like it during last Friday’s game, but even with Cal’s 17 turnovers and 36 percent shooting, Harvard was still overmatched, falling 69-54. The Crimson had to settle for a consolation win the next night, claiming a 55-51 overtime decision against Coppin State...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hoops Finds Consolation After Cal Loss | 1/4/2002 | See Source »

...after a poor showing on a state exam landed Rosemont on Maryland's list of failing schools, a neighbor volunteered to help. Though Rosemont is still part of Baltimore's public school system, the school is now managed by Coppin State College, a public institution situated just down the street. The college does everything from hiring Rosemont's principal to wiring its classrooms to giving its students their annual immunizations. Result: last year more than 90% of Rosemont first-graders read at grade level or above. Says Frank Kober, a professor of education at Coppin State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New College Try | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...Coppin State in Maryland devoted much of the first year of its partnership with Rosemont to mundane matters like making sure the school had working telephones and a fresh coat of paint. The college also took on the more daunting task of educating the school's parents. Coppin offered child-rearing classes to Rosemont parents, but the instructor soon realized some of the parents had trouble reading the handouts. After surveying school parents about their educational needs, Coppin began helping some work toward high school diplomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New College Try | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...worth enduring a little friction to hear stories of students like Rosemont fourth-grader Briana Hopkins. Though her mother dropped out of college after two years and her elder brother forsook higher education for a job as a maintenance worker, Briana spent last summer taking enrichment classes at Coppin State and tells her mom how she wants to go off to college one day. Says Briana's mother JoAnn: "If going to college had been stressed earlier, it could have been totally different for me and my son." And now it may be for her daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New College Try | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...after a poor showing on a state exam landed Rosemont on Maryland's list of failing schools, a neighbor volunteered to help. Though Rosemont is still part of Baltimore's public school system, the school is now managed by Coppin State College, a public institution situated just down the street. The college does everything from hiring Rosemont's principal to wiring its classrooms to giving its students their annual immunizations. Result: last year more than 90% of Rosemont first-graders read at grade level or above. Says Frank Kober, a professor of education at Coppin State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New College Try | 12/30/2000 | See Source »

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