{"id":11204,"date":"2010-08-15T14:20:29","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T19:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=11204"},"modified":"2020-02-15T21:40:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T03:40:53","slug":"new-study-shows-regional-disparity-in-african-american-college-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2010\/08\/new-study-shows-regional-disparity-in-african-american-college-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Shows Regional Disparity in African-American College Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Racial disparities in education has been one of the central legal and cultural problems in post-World\u00a0 War II America.\u00a0 A recent study published by The Education Trust<\/a> reveals yet another example of the problem of African-American underperformance, although the data compiled has a fascinating regional twist.<\/p>\n

The Education Trust study focuses on comparative graduation rates for black and white students at the same colleges and universities.\u00a0 Data was collected from 456 colleges and universities throughout the United States.\u00a0 For the study as a whole black students are\u00a0twenty percent\u00a0less likely to graduate from college than their white counterparts who attend the same school.<\/p>\n

However, the discrepancy in graduation rates is not uniform.\u00a0 At some colleges and universities, African-Americans graduate at the same or nearly the same rate as white students.\u00a0 At other schools, the gap is as wide as thirty-four percent.<\/p>\n

Although the Education Trust study does not address the issue of regional variance, it is apparent from the results presented that the gap between white and black graduation rates is much lower in the South than it is in other regions of the country, and that the gap is particularly wide in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

Of the 29 public universities where black student graduate at the same (or greater) frequency as whites, 23 are in the South.\u00a0 (I am defining any state that permitted slavery in 1860 as a \u201cSouthern\u201d jurisdiction.)\u00a0 In contrast, of the 25 public universities where the disparity between black and white graduation rates is the greatest, all are outside the South.\u00a0 The latter group includes the Madison, Milwaukee, and Whitewater campuses of the University of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

The same regional pattern can also be seen in private schools.\u00a0 Of the\u00a0thirteen private schools listed in which black graduation rates equal that of whites, only one is outside the South.\u00a0 In contrast, the\u00a0twenty-one of the\u00a0twenty-five private schools with greatest variation are outside the South.\u00a0 Included among the\u00a0twenty-one are Milwaukee\u2019s Alverno College and Marquette University.<\/p>\n

Why African-American college students appear to be playing on a more level playing field in the South is a fascinating question, as is the question of why African-American students at several of Wisconsin\u2019s best universities have trouble obtaining the same graduation rates as their white peers.<\/p>\n

The study can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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