College Hoops and Black Student Success: Why March Can Be So Maddening
March 31, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols Like many of you, I took some time during the last two weeks to relax and watch some college hoops. I’ve always loved college basketball, particularly March Madness. But, if…
More on Black Student Success: What It Means to Be at the Top of Our List
March 23, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols Over the last few years, Ed Trust has released several reports on graduation rates and gaps for low-income students and students of color at four-year colleges and universities. In each…
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 Look at Black Student Success
March 01, 2017 by Andrew Howard Nichols, Denzel Evans-Bell More Black students are enrolling in four-year colleges and universities than ever before. But what happens to these students…
What Will It Take to Close the Black-White Completion Gap?
March 01, 2017 by EdTrust Ed Trust explores that question and identifies top- and bottom-performing institutions WASHINGTON — More Black students are enrolling in four-year colleges and universities than ever before. But what happens to…
OASIS at Work: Redesigning Courses to Boost Completion
February 14, 2017 by Bonita Brown What happens when you bring institutional leaders from 10 campuses together to exchange ideas about student success? That’s exactly what the OASIS Network was designed to see. Queens College recently…
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.…
A Glimpse Inside the Coffers: Endowment Spending at Wealthy Colleges and Universities
August 04, 2016 by Andrew Howard Nichols, Jose Luis Santos 