WaPo Article: RU does a better job graduating students than Purdue

[NotInRHouse]

Nice to see a perspective where we are shown ahead in the B1G. Article references black students particularly, but data shows more students of all races go onto graduate RU than Purdue.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...udents-so-why-the-disparate-graduation-rates/

 

[Upstream]

Part of this is the demographic differences between Indiana and New Jersey in regards to higher education. About 88% of adults (25+ years) in both states hold high school diplomas. But just over 36% of adults in NJ hold bachelor's degree or higher versus just under 24% in Indiana.

 

[Tango Two]

Rutgers University's campuses in New Brunswick and Newark are not only improving their overall graduation rate but also closing the gap between the graduation rates of white and African American students, according to a new study.


http://www.nj.com/education/2016/03/rutgers_african_american_graduation_rate.html