A recently released\nreport by the Urban Institute looked into how students fare at universities in\nConnecticut and Virginia, according to an article in The Hechinger Report.<\/p>\n\n\n
Researchers at the Urban\nInstitute used race and ethnicity to calculate graduation rates. What they\nfound was that white and Asian students had higher graduation rates than Latino\nand black students at most colleges, according to the article. The report found\nthat while gaps in graduation rates were lower in Connecticut universities\ncompared to those in Virginia, the gaps were evident.<\/p>\n\n\n
The report,\n\u201cUnderstanding Equity Gaps in College Graduation\u201d and authored by Erica Blom\nand Tomas Monarrez was published in January 2020. Blom and Monarrez focused on\nConnecticut and Virginia because these were the two states where they were able\nto get detailed data for students, according to the article. But it also noted\nthat findings were likely similar on a national level. Researchers looked at\ndata from both public and private universities in both Connecticut and Virginia\nwho volunteered to share the data. However, while Connecticut institutions\nprovided the data, they asked that the name of the college or university not be\nused.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cInstitutional leaders\nneed to think strongly about the way their rhetoric does not align with the\nactual institutional policies in who gains access and graduates from their\ncollege,\u201d Dominique Baker, an assistant professor of educational policy at\nSouthern Methodist University, told The Hechinger Report in an email. \u201cI mean,\nwhy does a student\u2019s lack of financial resources predict the gap in graduation\nlikelihood between black and white students?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
One of the most common\nrebuttals in calculating graduation rates by race and ethnicity, according to\nthe article, is pointing out that Latino and black students, generally face\nmore obstacles while in college than their white and Asian peers. These include\nlower test scores and lower high school grades, according to the article.\nStudents who are not as academically prepared might be more likely to fail\nclasses and drop out, according to the article.<\/p>\n\n\n
In addition to academic preparedness, the report also looked at income. For Connecticut, the researchers could see whether the student came from a family that qualified for a Pell Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n
Researchers adjusted\ntheir data to see if graduation outcomes were different if income was not an\nissue. The researchers adjusted the graduation rates, comparing students with\nthe same academic preparation and family income. While the gaps dropped\nsignificantly at most colleges \u2014 by more than half \u2014 differences along race and\nethnicity remained, according to the article.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cIf the will or money is\nnot present, it is difficult to see large-scale structural change occurring,\u201d\nBaker told The Hechinger Report.<\/p>\n\n\n
Currently, only 15\npercent of Latinos have a bachelor\u2019s degree in the country, and only 21 percent\nof blacks have a bachelor\u2019s degree. This compared to 35 percent of whites and\n54 percent of Asians.<\/p>\n\n\n
According to the article, addressing the graduation gap will not only be expensive but also require more financial aid, tutoring, and academic advising.<\/p>\n\n\n
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