Thurgood Marshall College Fund Responds to Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Depiction of HBCU Graduation Rates
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A recent series published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution outlined a grim picture for our Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), based mostly upon analysis of some of the sector’s lower schools on the spectrum defined by six-year graduation rates. It speaks to stinging stereotypes about these extraordinary campuses and their students, and only partially exposes one form of value in higher education – a metric that is rapidly losing value in contemporary forms of institutional assessment.
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Responds to Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Depiction of HBCU Graduation Rates
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Responds to…
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Responds to Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Depiction of HBCU Graduation Rates
A recent series published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution outlined a grim picture for our Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), based mostly upon analysis of some of the sector’s lower schools on the spectrum defined by six-year graduation rates. It speaks to stinging stereotypes about these extraordinary campuses and their students, and only partially exposes one form of value in higher education – a metric that is rapidly losing value in contemporary forms of institutional assessment.