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Study Probes Lack of Diversity at Top U.S. Colleges

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Monday, October 17, 2016   

CONCORD, N.H. -- A new report shows that a significant number of African-American and Latino students are being excluded from America's top public research universities.

The study from the Center for America Progress said that in many states, including New Hampshire, doors are often closed to minority students, forcing them to attend lower-tier four-year schools or community colleges, where opportunities for achievement may be limited.

Report author Elizabeth Baylor, director of post-secondary education at the center, said cost is only one of several barriers these students face.

"There are significant numbers of black and Latino students who are well prepared for college,” she said. "Sometimes it's a choice on their part, because of economics or family issues; and other times, they might not know that this is an option that is available to them."

According to the study, about 72 percent of students of color end up at other four-year colleges in New Hampshire; and 28 percent attend colleges that only offer associate degrees.

Top schools often fail to adequately recruit qualified minority students, Baylor said. She added that while larger states - including Texas, New York and California - rank particularly poorly in the study, the problem is widespread.

"There are 40 states that have what's called a 'very high research’ university,” Baylor said. “And in 39 of the 40 states, African-Americans are less likely to attend these colleges."

Conversely, black and Latino students are enrolled in disproportionately larger numbers at less selective, public four-year colleges and community colleges compared with students who are white or Asian, according to Baylor.

"We talk a lot about college attainment, which is the share of people from a given community who have earned college degrees,” she explained. "One of the things that I think is really important is making sure that more Latino and black students fill this college pipeline and will translate into higher levels of attainment."

The study used 2014 data comparing enrollment at top-tier, lower-tier and community colleges for six different groups of students: African-American, Latino, Asian, American Indian, Pacific Islander and white.



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