Month: June 2010

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Return To Tradition

Return To Tradition After more than a year without a traditional on campus Summer School, many wondered if traditional summer school would ever return to the University. In an effort to make summer school more accessible for students Shaw University broke tradition last year and offered summer school courses online […]

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First Year Students Taking Advantage of Summer School

According to some Shaw University officials, the better first year students are getting ahead, while the worst are on vacation. According to the Office of Institutional Research, Shaw University’s first year students who attended summer school 2010 earned an average of 33.5 credit hours after their first year versus the […]

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Lengthy Classes Determines Motivation

With 724 students in summer school, according to Shaw University’s officials, it is easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of class. Teachers and students alike get up each day to prepare for a long day of classes. Since it is required that students take a minimum […]

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Pell Grants for Summer School Students

A recent change in financial aid has enabled more college students to enroll in summer school according to Account Receivables Specialist Margo White. The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 passed by the Obama administration has made higher education more affordable. “Over 40 billion dollars has been invested […]

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Students Goals for Summer School

The summer time can be the best time of the year. Eespecially for the students who are attending school, because they are out of school for a few months during the summertime, and the other students decide to spend their summer in summer school or at least half of their […]

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Athletic Students in Summer School

According to Athletic Director Marcus Clarke, more athletes are enrolling in summer school. Clarke says only 15 out of 257 athletes attended summer school in 2009. In 2010, numbers have increased tremendously. There are now 64 out of 228 athletic students taking courses over the summer. Chelsea Robinson who is […]

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Summer vs Regular Curriculum

The six weeks Summer School curriculum at Shaw is the same as the four month Fall and Spring Semesters. For some course syllabuses given out at the beginning of summer school the work required to pass the course is the same as what is required for the fall and spring […]

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Shaw’s Rising Enrollment

Shaw seniors are attending summer school in higher numbers than last year, according to Senior Data Analyst for the Dept of Strategic Planning and Institutional Research, Brian Cumberbatch. Summer school enrollment for seniors has been increasing by over 28 percent than the last two years says Cumberbatch, to who believes […]

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Shaw seniors are attending summer school in higher numbers than last year, according to Senior Data Analyst for the Dept of Strategic Planning and Institutional Research, Brian Cumberbatch. Summer school enrollment for seniors has been increasing by over 28 percent than the last two years says Cumberbatch, to who believes […]