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Education Sector Report Examines Gaps in Black and White College Graduation Rates
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The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education
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July 14, 2008
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WASHINGTON D.C.
College graduation rates for minority students are often shockingly low. Less than half of Black undergraduates finish college within six years. And most institutions have significantly lower graduation rates for Black students than for White students. But as a recent report by Education sector documents, these high-failure rates are not inevitable: some institutions are graduating Black students at a higher rate than White students.
Graduation Rate Watch: Making Minority Student Success a Priority, written by Kevin Carey, research and policy manager, uses newly available federal data to identify universities with small or nonexistent gaps between the graduation rates of ...