Low college attainment is hurting Michigan, and it’s worse for black students at Michigan colleges

The Education Trust just published a report that shows the sizable gap between African-American and white completion rates at America’s colleges. Overall, 63.2 percent of white students who enroll in a four-year college graduate in six years, while only 40.6 percent of black students do. The short story of the trends is this: high selectivity […]