No help from local educators...
Apr 27, 2011 17:28:23 GMT -6
Post by Big D on Apr 27, 2011 17:28:23 GMT -6
Love this quote in a Trib article today about a program that helps low-income kids gets get into colleges...
"HighSight, which is run by executive director Mark Duhon, is a four-year program that offers tutoring, mentoring, leadership development and college-readiness programs to help its students succeed at the private high school of their choice and do well in college.
About 300 students have gone through the HighSight program since it wad founded in 1992, Duhon said. More than 95 percent of the students, who predominantly come from minority groups, enroll in competitive colleges, including Marquette University in Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
The program is popular with students and their families because it helps them realize that they don't have to settle when it comes to college, Duhon said.
'We know by getting a solid education at smaller, private schools they have a better chance of getting into and succeeding at the college level,' he said. 'We're working with first generation (to go to college) kids. They're shooting for UIC (the University of Illinois at Chicago) or Northeastern (Illinois University in Chicago) because they think that's the best they can do. ... We're coaching them to get into Big Ten or small liberal arts schools.'"
Yikes...another moron that loves to quote USNews rankings I'm sure. No matter how small the article, this is bad publicity for UIC....again.
"HighSight, which is run by executive director Mark Duhon, is a four-year program that offers tutoring, mentoring, leadership development and college-readiness programs to help its students succeed at the private high school of their choice and do well in college.
About 300 students have gone through the HighSight program since it wad founded in 1992, Duhon said. More than 95 percent of the students, who predominantly come from minority groups, enroll in competitive colleges, including Marquette University in Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
The program is popular with students and their families because it helps them realize that they don't have to settle when it comes to college, Duhon said.
'We know by getting a solid education at smaller, private schools they have a better chance of getting into and succeeding at the college level,' he said. 'We're working with first generation (to go to college) kids. They're shooting for UIC (the University of Illinois at Chicago) or Northeastern (Illinois University in Chicago) because they think that's the best they can do. ... We're coaching them to get into Big Ten or small liberal arts schools.'"
Yikes...another moron that loves to quote USNews rankings I'm sure. No matter how small the article, this is bad publicity for UIC....again.
