Can Texas turn that around?
The numbers are staggeringly low: Only one college in Texas graduated more than 100 African-American men in 2016.
It's a grim statistic that punctuates glaring disparities across their educational journey.
Black males are more likely to get disciplined more harshly than their peers even as early as prekindergarten. They're less likely to get tapped for talented and gifted programs that put them on track for college readiness and more likely to be placed in special education classes.
These inequities put them further behind than their peers, making it harder to earn a degree.
In 2016, Prairie View A&M University graduated 168 black men within six years of their start as freshmen, according to the most recent federal data available.
The numbers drop off quickly. At Texas A&M University, which was among the top schools graduating such students, 83 black men earned their bachelor's in that time period compared to 2,271 white men and 523 Hispanic men at that College Station campus.
Experts say the low numbers represent a convergence of the many challenges the young men face in education, including low expectations, a lack of black educators, limited opportunities and inadequate preparation in high schools.
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The numbers are staggeringly low: Only one college in Texas graduated more than 100 African-American men in 2016.
It's a grim statistic that punctuates glaring disparities across their educational journey.
Black males are more likely to get disciplined more harshly than their peers even as early as prekindergarten. They're less likely to get tapped for talented and gifted programs that put them on track for college readiness and more likely to be placed in special education classes.
These inequities put them further behind than their peers, making it harder to earn a degree.
In 2016, Prairie View A&M University graduated 168 black men within six years of their start as freshmen, according to the most recent federal data available.
The numbers drop off quickly. At Texas A&M University, which was among the top schools graduating such students, 83 black men earned their bachelor's in that time period compared to 2,271 white men and 523 Hispanic men at that College Station campus.
Experts say the low numbers represent a convergence of the many challenges the young men face in education, including low expectations, a lack of black educators, limited opportunities and inadequate preparation in high schools.
Read more...
Too few black men are earning college degrees. Can Texas turn that around?
The numbers are staggeringly low: Only one college in Texas graduated more than 100 African American men in 2016. It's a grim statistic that...
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