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Author(s):Engle, J., and Theokas, C
Title:Top gainers: Some public four-year colleges and universities make big improvements in minority graduation rates
Source:http://www.edtrust.org/sites/edtrust.org/files/...
Date:2010
Organization:The Education Trust
Short Description:This brief highlights the efforts of public colleges and universities that have boosted graduation rates for minority students— sometimes even closing the gaps between minority students and their peers. The data presented here provide a baseline for colleges seeking to raise minority graduation rates and show that improvements are taking place in a range of settings.
Annotation:This brief highlights the efforts of public colleges and universities that have boosted graduation rates for minority students— sometimes even closing the gaps between minority students and their peers. The data presented here provide a baseline for colleges seeking to raise minority graduation rates and show that improvements are taking place in a range of settings. The focus is on the top gainers among public colleges and universities in graduating underrepresented minority students— African-American, Hispanic, and Native-American students. Nationally, two-thirds of minority students who attend a four-year college attend a public institution. Given the mission of public colleges to serve the higher education needs of their states, these institutions must do their utmost to ensure that far more young Americans from minority backgrounds earn a college degree.
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Accountability and Productivity (Postsecondary)
Achievement Gap
African Americans
American Indians/Alaska Natives
Data
Documents
Educational Attainment/College Degree Completion
Evidence-based Interventions/Promising Practices
Improving Postsecondary Student Success
Latinos/Hispanics
Low-Income Students
Minority/Race/Ethnicity
Persistence/Retention

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Georgia Graduation Coach Initiative
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The path of many journeys: The benefits of higher education for native people and communities
Addressing America's dropout challenge: State efforts to boost graduation rates require federal support
The (un)changing face of the Ivy League
Liberal education outcomes: A preliminary report on student achievement in college
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Trends in African American and Native American participation in STEM higher education
Career development interventions and academic self-efficacy: A pilot study
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Creating role models for change: A survey of tribal college graduates
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Public education and Black male students: The 2006 state report card
Higher education, higher cost and higher debt: Paying for college in the future
Hitting home: Quality, cost, and access challenges confronting higher education today
Black male students at public flagship universities in the U.S.: Status, trends, and implications for policy and practice
Opening doors: Support success: Services that may help low-income students succeed in community college
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Rethinking high school graduation rates and trends
Measuring up 2006
Parent power and urban school reform: The story of Mothers on the Move
Postsecondary access for Latino middle-grades students (PALMS)
From high school to the future: A first look at Chicago public school graduates' college enrollment, college preparation, and graduation from four-year colleges
Gaining traction, gaining ground: How some high schools accelerate learning for struggling students
Educational needs index
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Missed opportunities: A new look at disadvantaged college aspirants
Left behind: Unequal opportunity in higher education.
Improving student attainment in community colleges: Institutional characteristics and policies
Preparing diverse adolescents for the transition to adulthood
First generation college students: A literature review
The trouble with Black boys: The role and influence of environmental and cultural factors on the academic performance of African American Boys
Dropout risk factors and exemplary programs: A technical report
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A study of the Talent Search program: Analysis and highlights
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Indiana's adult education and workforce skills performance report: Preparing adults for a brighter future
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
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Education watch Indiana: Key education facts and figures 2006
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A plan for success: Communities of color define policy priorities for high school reform
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New England Journal of Higher Education
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Education watch Washington: Key education facts and figures 2004
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Southern Education Foundation (SEF)
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Center on Education and the Workforce
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National Opportunity to Learn Campaign
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Setting statewide college- and career-ready goals
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Framework for providing all students an opportunity to learn through reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act
Southern Regional Education Board annual report: The essentials: What really counts in improving education
Federal higher education policy priorities and the Asian American and Pacific Islander community
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National Center for Academic Transformation
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Achieving success: The state policy newsletter of Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count: Spring issue
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Cost perceptions and college-going for low-income students
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Reducing dropout rates through expanded learning opportunities
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BC AVID: Early Implementation Report -- Executive Summary
Foundations for success: Short-term impacts report
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Foundations for success: Early implementation report
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Higher education performance funding 2.0 - Funding degrees (tip sheet)
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IPEDS Data Center
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Rethinking developmental education in community colleges
The productivity argument for investing in young children
Investing in disadvantaged young children is an economically efficient policy
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