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Article: Graduation rates slipping for blacks in UM system: Decline noted at five public Maryland campuses.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- June 6, 2007
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Byline: Gadi Dechter
Jun. 6--After about a decade of relatively steady increases, the graduation rate of black students at Maryland public colleges has declined, according to statistics compiled by the University System of Maryland.
Moreover, significant gains by black students in recent years have not kept up with retention and graduation rates among all college students in the state's public university system, leading to a slight increase in the so-called achievement gap, officials said.
The data were presented yesterday at a meeting of the education policy committee of the university system's Board of Regents.
After the meeting, ...