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Article: Black graduation rate at Northwestern U. gets high marks
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- February 15, 2007
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Julie French
University Wire
02-15-2007
(Daily Northwestern) (U-WIRE) EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern University has the 10th-highest graduation rate for black undergraduates in the nation and also has increased black enrollment at the law school, according a report by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. But students and administrators say they still would like to see improvements.
In 2006, 89 percent of black students graduated, up from 81 percent in 1998, according to the report. Black enrollment at the law school also has increased from 47 students in 1997 to 53 in 2006.
Only eight high-ranking law schools posted greater improvements in percentage terms, and 18 of the top 30 posted ...