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ERIC Number: EJ802391
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jul-10
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1557-5411
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College Officials Urged to Monitor the Graduation Rate Gap
Roach, Ronald
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, v25 n11 p16-17 Jul 2008
Documenting that there are 62 U.S. colleges and universities where the six-year graduation rates for Black undergraduate students have recently outpaced those of their White peers, the report by the Washington, D.C.-based Education Sector, an independent education policy think tank, has pointed out that schools where underrepresented minorities maintain high graduation rates in comparison to Whites place a detailed emphasis on understanding how all of their students are performing. This article reports that while some retention and higher education access experts say the report bears out what they have highlighted in recent years, they urge institutions to dig even deeper with student monitoring and assistance, for example, by paying close attention to how class and gender issues overlap with those of race and ethnicity. Retention and higher education access experts say that the research on college populations and student performance is growing increasingly nuanced and detailed, and that institutions should continue to refine their intervention strategies to improve student retention.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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