December72009
Report shows wide disparity in college achievement »
Article from the post about success rates in college. Some clips:
*About 45 percent of low-income and underrepresented minority students entering as freshmen in 1999 had received bachelor’s degrees six years later at the colleges studied, compared with 57 percent of other students.
*Only 7 percent of minority students who entered community colleges received bachelor’s degrees within 10 years.
*BUT! Giving kids the money they need to pay for school helps: Pell recipients at community colleges completed their studies at a rate of 32 percent, the same as other students. Pell students who transferred to four-year colleges also graduated at the same rate, 60 percent, as other students.
Tags: /achievement gap /college readiness /money
