Graduation Rates Don’t Tell the Full Story: Racial Gaps in College Success Are Larger Than We Think
March 05, 2020 by Andrew Howard Nichols, Marshall Anthony Jr. “Student success” is a popular buzz phrase, but it means different things to different people. College and university administrators tend to measure student success on the basis of graduation rates.…
Which States Make the Grade When It Comes to Enrolling and Graduating Latino College Students?
September 11, 2019 by EdTrust None of Them, According to New Ed Trust Research WASHINGTON (September 11, 2019) — When it comes to enrolling and graduating Latinos, public colleges and universities in most states are…
UMD Commencement Speech: Move Forward and Make History
December 27, 2018 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. Thank you, President Loh, Provost Rankin, all the families, friends, staff, and faculty…and most importantly, our graduates. You have worked hard to get to this moment. Some of you persevered…
Degree Attainment for Native American Adults
November 15, 2018 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. In two previous briefs, we examined the degree attainment of Black and Latino adults, where we found a 17 percentage point gap in degree attainment between Black adults and White…
National & State Trends in Degree Attainment for Black Adults
June 14, 2018 by EdTrust The U.S. requires a well-educated workforce to grow our economy, strengthen our democracy, and solve big problems at home…
National & State Trends in Degree Attainment for Latino Adults
June 14, 2018 by EdTrust The U.S. requires a well-educated workforce to grow our economy, strengthen our democracy, and solve big problems at home…
A Look at Latino Student Success
December 14, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols More Latino students are enrolling in four-year colleges and universities than ever before. But what happens to these students…
Why Closing Gaps in Graduation Rates Requires a Focus on Enrollment
March 01, 2017 by Nicolle Grayson If every college and university closed the gap that exists in graduation rates between Black and White students on their campuses, there would still be a gap nationwide. That’s because…
A Tale of Two Colleges: Similar Students and Different Results
February 09, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols As the college admission letters start to trickle in, young adults across the country are facing one of the largest investment choices of their lives: where to go to college.…