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Sports

NCAA Graduation Rate Hits All-Time High at 82 Percent

College athletes are outperforming other students in the classroom, and they’re doing it at a record rate.

October 25, 2011

Home

College Admissions Report Predicts U.S. Enrollment Increases through Decade’s End

The “2011 State of College Admission” report predicts that, while high school graduation rates have essentially leveled off, college enrollment is expected to rise—from the 20.4 million students currently enrolled in degree-granting institutions of higher education to 23 million in the 2019-20 school year.

October 23, 2011

Students

Keeping Day-to-Day Problems from Derailing College Students

Ugandan immigrant Job Asiimwe was on the verge of becoming one of the surprisingly large number of American college and university students who fail to earn two-year associate degrees within even three years, or four-year bachelor’s degrees within six.

October 5, 2011

Students

Complete College America Report Examines Low Higher Ed Graduation Rates

A new, comprehensive report on college graduation rates released Tuesday revealed why college completion rates, including analyses of Black, Hispanic, Pell Grant and part-time students, are low among Americans.

September 27, 2011

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Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin Seeks To Boost College Graduation Rate

Gov. Mary Fallin said Monday she will unveil a plan to boost the number of college graduates in Oklahoma by better preparing high school graduates for college and targeting adults who may have started college but never finished.

September 14, 2011

HBCUs

For Public HBCUs, A New Type of Advocacy

Dr. Lorenzo Esters of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, rallies higher education stakeholders behind effort to boost funding for public historically Black college and universities.

August 30, 2011

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Land-Grant Institutions Alleged to Drift from Their Public Missions

The Education Trust organization reports that as many land-grant flagships strive to keep costs low for students, they have not been as successful in yielding high graduation rates, and, as a result, many students—including high numbers of Blacks and Latinos—fall through the cracks.

August 28, 2011

Community Colleges

Report: Lack of College Completion Could Cost States Billions

A report released today from the American Institutes for Research suggests that students who do not complete college may cost states billions in lost revenue.

August 21, 2011

Students

For-profit Colleges Respond to Increased Scrutiny

Now, the industry will see if it can still make healthy profits from its challenging demographic — low-income workers, older students and those with spotty academic backgrounds — while being much more accountable for its results.

August 8, 2011

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UNO’s Graduation Rate Nearly Doubles to 38 Percent

That’s a 90 percent improvement over the previous class, which had a six-year graduation rate of 20 percent. The six-year graduation rate is the one most used by the U.S. Department of Education for its annual survey.

August 4, 2011

Community Colleges

Two Years After Obama’s College Graduation Initiative, Major Obstacles Remain

Only one in five of those who enroll in community colleges—and, in some states, barely one in 10—graduates in three years, while only about half of students who go to universities get their bachelor’s degrees within six.

July 13, 2011

African-American

HBCU Leaders Say They Should Share Their Campus Success Stories

Getting the message out on historically Black campuses was one of the major themes that emerged Thursday during a gathering of half a dozen HBCU presidents in Atlanta.

June 23, 2011