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Many post-secondary institutions have begun to consider how to meet the needs of students who are classified as advanced beginners, too advanced to repeat traditional elementary level courses but are under-prepared for intermediate level courses. As such, some schools have created courses for this underrepresented group of students. This paper presents a comparison of three different schools' offering of such courses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by the college students to determine their economic, social, and environmental well-being in the U.S. It examines the social inequalities among traditionally disadvantaged individuals in the higher education institutions. It also cites the development of the academic scholarships, grants, financial aid and work study programs for the low- and middle-income students.

The article presents a study which analyzes the accountability of teacher preparation programs to the academic outcomes of the students in the U.S. The study reveals that teachers' effectiveness in lifting student achievement scores is due to unobserved variables. The study allows teachers to identify a set of conditions wherein the school exercises to be highly relevant to the attainment of expected student outcomes such as fair assessment, reasonable class size and clean and safe environments.

The article presents a study on the impact of merit-based scholarship programs on minorities in higher education in the U.S. The findings of the study shows that merit-based aid program increase inequalities in college participation for minority and low income students. It argues that merit scholarships are potentially to worsen existing gaps in college participation, making poor and minority students to settle further behind their wealthier and white counterparts.