May 2, 2008

Improving Black Graduation Rates Is Mainly a Matter of Will, Report Says

By PETER SCHMIDT

Colleges already know how to close the gap between the graduation rates of black and white students, but too few have been willing to take the steps needed to do it, according to a report released last week by Education Sector, a Washington-based research group.

The report — based heavily on the graduation-rate data that the Education Department collects from colleges — says that, nationally, the six-year graduation rate for black students at four-year colleges is

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