The Gap in Graduation Rates
At many colleges, a disparity who makes it to a diploma
"Everyone's involved," says Larry Abele, provost of FSU. "Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, Outreach—everybody just pays attention. We have very immediate and aggressive follow-up for any student who has difficulties.
"It's not a cheap program," Abele adds. "But it's really a great program. And the truth is, if something is really important, you can find money for it."
Public colleges don't have deep pockets, Carey says, so if Florida State can do it, then other colleges can, too. "If you're a tier 1 university," says Carey, "and for six years in a row you have a large graduation gap, it suggests that you're not doing all you can do. At some institutions, the [black graduation] rates are so low, you really wonder what's going on."
Another way colleges can close the grad rate gap is to be particularly picky about who gets in. The report notes that some schools achieve racial parity chiefly through highly selective admissions. At 98 percent, Harvard's six-year graduation rate is the highest in the country. "Harvard only admits students who are most likely to succeed," it says. "Unsurprisingly, nearly all of them do."
Reader Comments
The Demographic Revolution is coming
There is going to be a Big Revolution in Schools, Elementary, High School, and in Voting Patterns.
The White population is growing older, and the New Generations have a different Racial Composition.
The Young and the Youngest won't be so White.Also the Youngest Whites are not educated in so much Racism as their parents, or Racism has been losing power for the Youngest.
These facts will force many changes. Politicians have to "pander" to these New Generations.
I have a Blog on the Younger Generations, Their political preferences and Outlook, Racial Votes, Statistics for States of Racial Composition, etc...
Milenials
http://milenials.blogspot.com/
Also
TossUpStates
http://tossUpStates.blogspot.com/
To see how the New Generations and Racial Compositions are affecting the States Electoral Results.
Vicente Duque
Everyone has the right to suceed
All this fuss about affirmative action programs being biased towards minorities and against the white majority misses the point: everyone has the right to succeed!
White, black, asian, everyone should have the opportunity to attend college if they would like to. Where they attend is another issue entirely muddled in class and race issues in the US. As a Boston public high school teacher of low income white, Latino/a and black students I am highly invested in the education of ALL of these children. Each and everyone of them should be given multiple opportunities to suceed. This may be a radical idea but some students have more set backs than others and so they need more help (whether it be finanical or otherwise i.e. affirmative action programs).
Its time for the rich to own up to their class privledge and likewise whites to own up to their race privledge. When it comes to many things in life these folks are BORN with a one up on others. This is non debatable, just look around.
So maybe Obama will help pass some legislation to level the playing field by shifting our war money to education so that every child is able to have a college education. Then we will see what the new playing field will look like.
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