{"id":30398,"date":"2018-05-21T08:56:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T12:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=30398"},"modified":"2019-04-25T13:39:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T17:39:55","slug":"better-deal-for-black-college-students-make-schools-meet-minimum-graduation-rates-stop-tuition-inflation-and-end-campus-segregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2018\/05\/21\/better-deal-for-black-college-students-make-schools-meet-minimum-graduation-rates-stop-tuition-inflation-and-end-campus-segregation\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Deal for Black College Students: Make Schools Meet Minimum Graduation Rates, Stop Tuition Inflation and End Campus Segregation"},"content":{"rendered":"
Washington, D.C.<\/em> \u2013 Failures by K-12 school systems to prepare black students for college are compounded by inadequate college admissions policies and support programs, according to the black leadership network Project 21<\/a>. This, the group says, can make black students\u2019 completion of a college education a difficult prospect. As part of its \u201cBlueprint for a Better Deal for Black America<\/a>,\u201d Project 21 recommends tying federal student financial aid eligibility to minimum graduation rates as a means of incentivizing colleges to provide black students with the support they need to succeed. It also recommends, as a means of making college more affordable, setting tuition maximums in order for colleges to be eligible for federal financial aid.<\/p>\n Colleges are admitting black students who are sometimes unprepared for rigorous college environments. Blacks are sometimes accepted with lower SAT and ACT scores, fewer AP course credits and lower high school GPAs than their counterparts. The situation is worsened by colleges that do not provide black students with individualized support to overcome the deficiencies of their K-12 educations.<\/p>\n This failure is reflected in the statistics for six-year graduation rates<\/a>. Just 38 percent of blacks earn their four-year college degree after six years. By comparison, 62 percent of whites, 63.2 percent of Asians and 45.8 percent of Hispanics receive their degrees within six years.<\/p>\n