A new analysis of National Center for Education Statistics data shows high student loan default rates for Black and Hispanic students, students who leave college with a heavy debt burden and college graduates who take low-paying jobs. Click to continue at DiverseEducation.com
The average mathematics scale score for white 4th grade students was
220 in 1990, while that for black students was 188, a gap of 32 points.
By 2007 though, black students have increased their score to 222, up by
34 points or more than the black-white achievement gap in 1990. Click to continue at EPI.org
What college athletic teams enroll high numbers of minority athletes and graduate them in six years? Over the next few weeks, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education will present graduation rate data, highlighting the successes or failures of major Division I sports teams, starting with football. Click to continue at DiverseEducation.com
Across campuses, white students are donning blackface, drinking 40s and
playing at being undocumented immigrants. Just another stupid racist
joke—or is it the culmination of two decades of conservative politics
at colleges? Click to continue at ColorLines.com
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