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Black enrolment in HE continues to lag in many states Alarms sounded at the University of Maryland (U-Md) in the United States when the class of 2022 arrived at College Park. Seven percent of freshmen in fall 2018 were black, down from 10% the year before and 13% in 2014 and marking a nadir for a metric crucial to the flagship university’s commitment to diversity in a state where about a third of public high school graduates each year are black, write Lauren Lumpkin, Meredith Kolodner and Nick Anderson for The Washington Post. U-Md’s admissions team resolved to reverse the trend, with urgent outreach to high school seniors who had started applications but not finished them. It helped. The black share of freshmen rebounded the next fall to 10%. The episode underscored the enduring disconnect between the racial demographics of many flagship universities, including U-Md, and the population of states they serve. Fifteen state flagships had at least a 10-point gap bet ....
Share this: College students sit in the shade on the horseshoe at the University of South Carolina. In 2019, its entering class was 6 percent Black in a state where 37 percent of public high school graduates were Black. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get stories like this delivered directly to your inbox. Alarms sounded at the University of Maryland when the Class of 2022 arrived at College Park. Seven percent of freshmen in fall 2018 were Black, down from 10 percent the year before and 13 percent in 2014. ....
Flagship universities say diversity is a priority. But Black enrollment in many states continues to lag. washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.