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Sports

Report: 41 Percent of Bowl-Bound

Forty-one percent of bowl-bound college football teams fall below the NCAA’s new academic benchmark…

December 28, 2005

Leadership & Policy

College Graduation Rates Moving to Top

For decades, getting more students into college has been the top priority of America’s higher education leaders…

December 14, 2005

Students

Lost in the Shuffle: The Critical Role of Community Colleges

Not surprisingly, debates about access and equity at four-year institutions never fail to generate…

December 14, 2005

Sports

Report: 41 Percent of Bowl-bound Schools Miss Academic Standard

Forty-one percent of bowl-bound college football teams fall below the NCAA’s new academic benchmark…

December 7, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Focus on Getting Students Into College Shifts to Getting Them Out

For decades, getting more students into college has been the top priority of America’s higher education leaders…

November 17, 2005

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A Quiet Crisis

The higher college enrollment and graduation rates of women versus men has long been considered a crisis in the Black community. But the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute recently addressed a similar…

November 16, 2005

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A Quiet Crisis

The higher college enrollment and graduation rates of women versus men has long been considered…

November 16, 2005

Recruitment & Retention

Enrollment of Black Freshmen at University of Kentucky Drops 40 Percent

Enrollment of Black freshmen at the University of Kentucky fell 40 percent this fall

September 13, 2005

Students

Key to Student Retention — Strong Advising

Thirteen percent of freshmen in public four-year institutions will drop out by the beginning of their sophomore year, according to the National College Dropout and Graduation Rates report released recently. Story:

August 24, 2005

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Civil Rights Group Claims California’s Minority High-School Dropout Rate Is Inaccurate

California’s high school dropout rates were miscalculated, and more accurate figures show that only half of male… Story:

April 20, 2005

Sports

Putting the ‘Student’ Back into Student-Athlete

College sports is a numbers game, full of so many calculations — batting averages, free-throw percentages, BCS and RPI scores Story:

April 6, 2005

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Study Shows Black, Hispanic College Graduation Rates Still Trailing in California

Study Shows Black, Hispanic College Graduation Rates Still Trailing in CaliforniaSAN FRANCISCO A recent study found a significant gap in college graduation rates between Blacks and Hispanics born in California versus Whites and Asian Americans. The study, released recently by the Public Policy Institute of California, found that only 13 percent of Hispanics and 15 […]

March 23, 2005