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...achievement gap in education between white and minority students has not narrowed significantly since 2004, according to data released earlier this week from a national test of 26,000 students that tracks long-term trends in reading and math proficiency. Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which the National Center for Education Statistics has published every four years since the early 1970s, show that while young minorities have made academic gains, concurrent improvements in the performance of white students have kept the achievement gap consistently wide. Among high-school-age students, that gulf translated to a roughly...
...lead in the next inning when Rachel Hebert singled to score teammate Emily Roesch, who had advanced to third on a passed ball. With two outs already, catcher Bock threw to Vertovez at short, catching Hebert trying to steal and ending the frame.Harvard was able to close the gap in the fifth. Once again, it was Bock that sparked the Crimson offense with a single up the middle. She was able to advance to second on a sacrifice bunt by freshman Jane Alexander before rookie Mari Zumbro scored Bock with a double to right center to make the score...
...report, based on a March 2006 survey of 401 English and foreign-language professors, finds that women take between 1 and 3.5 years longer than men to attain the rank of professor, depending on the size and nature of their school, with the largest gap at private colleges and universities. "That's a staggering difference," says lead author Kathleen Woodward, an English professor at the University of Washington. Worse, the lag time is getting longer. Women now earn more doctorates than men and make up a greater proportion of associate professors, but they're rising through the ranks more slowly...
...meantime, the report concludes, colleges and universities can start closing the gap by beefing up mentoring programs, establishing clear guidelines and paths for promotion, and making sure that women are aware of those guidelines. "Institutions should promote people based on their values," says Feal. "So if they value service to the college community and they value teaching, they should find ways to evaluate professors' entire profile when they consider them for promotion...
...After dropping the 16-3 decision to the Hawks, the Crimson found itself in another hole at Blodgett against No. 16 Indiana (21-16, 8-2 CPWA West). But despite a six-goal rampage in the fourth period, Harvard could not close the gap and lost...