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Amherst College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis are among at least a half-dozen schools that have seen drops in Black student enrollment for the ...
The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...
Studies in Massachusetts schools indicate that LGBT students are up to six times more likely than heterosexual students to miss school. Likewise, students in California who endure harassment "because of actual or perceived sexual orientation" are three times as likely as non-harassed heterosexual students to miss school, meaning even ...
Enrollment is the sum of the headcount of undergraduate and graduate students; Enrollment is counted by the Integrated Post-secondary Education System within the United States Department of Education. Enrollment is the 12-month unduplicated headcount, indicating the number of unique students who attended the university during the year.
The White House condemned the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling on affirmative action following recent data that shows enrollment for Black students saw declines on several college campuses.
As early as 1963, the Methodist Church Annual Conference had recommended that its schools in Virginia consider enrollment of all students without regard to race. In 1967, Ferrum welcomed its first four African-American students: Alice Baker and Fred Dunnings of Rocky Mount, Jerry Venable from Staunton, and Allen White from Philadelphia. [4]
The decrease in college enrollment has coincided with the rising costs of undergraduate school. In 1980, the annual cost of attending a four-year college was $10,231. By 2019, it rose to $28,775 ...
The state with the highest percentage of people having a bachelor's degree or higher educational attainment was Massachusetts at 50.6%, and the lowest was West Virginia at 24.1%. The District of Columbia had a percentage significantly higher than that of any U.S. state at 63.0%.