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SUCCESS: INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
A closer look at low graduation rates
Too many students begin college and don't finish. About six in 10 college students will graduate in six years. An interactive Web tool (www.collegeresults.org), released by the Education Trust and funded by Lumina
Foundation, allows users to compare graduation rates among U.S. colleges and universities. The Education Trust has also released two reports in conjunction with the new Web tool. More...
SUCCESS: COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Achieving the Dream aims to increase student success
Thousands of students at the nation's community colleges stand to benefit from a new initiative - Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count. The initiative is a national effort to increase the success of community college students, particularly those in groups that have been underserved in higher education. More...
ACCESS: PUBLIC POLICY
Community college partnership news
The Community College Affinity Partnership has developed a Web site at www.communitycollegeinfo.org that offers news, resources and discussion groups. The Partnership comprises private, corporate and public sector funders as well as advocates, practitioners and researchers working on issues related to community
colleges. More...
ACCESS: STUDENT PREPARATION
Academic rigor reduces SAT score gap, research shows
A new research report on Indiana students finds a 200-point difference in SAT scores between students earning an academic honors diploma and those earning a regular diploma. The finding applies regardless of the student's family income. Read Academic Preparation and College Success: Analyses of Indiana's 2000 High School Class (PDF) to learn more.
ACCESS: GRADUATION RATES
Sobering statistics: Black male high school graduation rates
A recent Schott Foundation for Public Education study indicates that, in the
2001-2002 school year, 41 percent of African-American males across the nation graduated from high school within four years of entering the ninth grade. The national graduation rate for non-Hispanic white males was 70 percent. Learn more in Public Education and Black Male Students: A State Report Card (PDF).
ACCESS: ENCOURAGEMENT, INFORMATION AND PREPARATION
Pre-college access: Lessons from the McCabe Fund
The McCabe Fund supports organizations that enable students - particularly first-generation college students, low-income students and students of color - to gain access to postsecondary education. Preliminary evaluations are encouraging. Read highlights from the 2004 McCabe Fund Grantees Catalogue (PDF). | 
