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Hampton Football Boasts MEAC's Best APR Number


HAMPTON, Va. -- With the latest APR numbers released by the NCAA, the Hampton University football team boasts the best such number for a MEAC football program ever -- at 956.


The Pirates have the fifth-best


APR number among Div. I programs in Virginia.


program's APR improvement in the Daily


football needing to improve its APR numbers, HU is the model."


recognized


In addition, the NCAA has Hampton's men's cross


country, softball, and women's tennis Photos by: Randy Singleton


Read more about the football Press article "With MEAC perfect


role


programs for having multi-year APR scores that rank in the top 10 percent nationally


through academic year. Of the 350 student-athletes at


Hampton, 143 of them made the Dean's List in the fall semester. The 2015-16 academic year is the first in which Hampton has received money from the NCAA in the form of the Accelerating Academic Success Program, allowing the department to hire more academic counselors and an eligibility specialist.


"This shows the process was


already in effect and the turnaround was coming," Marshall said. "This is another way to ensure we stay in that direction."


HU Pirates Spring Football Game the 2014-15


Volume 10 Number 9 Educator Workforce FROM PAGE 11


of public elementary and secondary school students are individuals


of


color. Since teachers of color can be positive role models for all students in breaking down negative stereotypes and in preparing students to live and work in a multiracial society, this diversity gap suggests that the U.S. public school system is not reaping the known benefits we could experience if we had greater diversity in the teacher workforce.


“It is essential to continue our


work to help increase the diversity of the educator workforce,” said Teach For America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard. “We


know great potential to make a teachers


come from all backgrounds, but we also believe that teachers who share the background of their students have the


profound additional


committed to finding ways to better prepare and support


The report


postsecondary preparation


almost reveals


diversity at multiple teachers


the teacher pipeline which


programs, always a


impact. We are deeply educators and


leaders from diverse backgrounds; the data released only confirms the importance of these efforts.”


decreasing


points across through


education,


progress through teacher and


hiring,


retention. The report finds that: While bachelor’s degrees are


prerequisite to


entering the teaching force, bachelor’s degree students are less diverse than high school graduates.


Thirty-eight


percent of bachelor’s degree students were


represented programs.


Students of color are under- in teacher of


Students students of color, compared


to 43 percent of public high school graduates.


preparation color made


up 38 percent of the postsecondary student


population, but only 25


percent of those enrolled in teacher preparation programs.


Bachelor’s degree completion rates


for students who major in education are lower for black and Hispanic students than white students. The completion rate gap between black and white bachelor’s degree students majoring


in education is


approximately 30 percentage points (73 percent versus 42 percent) and the


May 2016


completion rate gap between Hispanic and white education majors is more than 20 percentage points (73 percent


versus 49 percent). The teaching


overwhelmingly workforce is homogenous (82 percent white, 2 percent black males)


"We're committed to continuing our work to increase the diversity of the teaching


workforce. We know


that teachers of color are crucial role models for all students," said National Education Association Vice President Becky Pringle. "The data


today shows that we still have much work ahead, so must continue to invest resources into finding ways to recruit and support teachers of color."


programs that produce a Colleges


The report also examines relatively


higher proportion of teacher candidates who are individuals color. For example, Black


of Historically and Universities


(HBCUs) enroll a small proportion of individuals who are preparing to be teachers (2 percent), yet a significant percent of all


African American


teacher candidates attend HBCUs (16 percent). In addition, alternative routes to teacher certification tend to enroll more racially diverse populations of candidates


than traditional preparation programs.


Lastly, the report serves as a call to action for stakeholders including postsecondary institutions, K-12 schools and districts, and others to do more to support teachers of color at all points across the teacher pipeline so that students in U.S. public schools can yield the benefits of a diverse teaching force.


The summit was an important


step in the efforts to examine the need for a more diverse teaching force, learn from each other’s best practices, and develop commitments to recruiting, supporting and retaining teachers of color. The summit is hosted by the Department, the American Federation of


Teachers, Institute, the Albert the National Shanker Education


Association, and Teach For America. Secretary King has


supporting and lifting up the teaching profession and is committed


prioritized to


supporting efforts to increase diversity in the teaching profession so that our teaching force more closely reflects the increasingly population it serves.


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