Racial gap in college grad rates grows nationwide

by Jonathan Lai, Staff Writer

College graduation rates are generally rising across the country. That’s the good news.

Less positive: Gaps remain between the graduation rates of black students and white students, and in some cases those gaps have increased, according to a new report.

Some local schools have done well, with Rutgers University’s New Brunswick and Newark campuses both shrinking the black/white gap in graduation rates. But, the report found, Rowan University and Kean University saw black graduation rates decrease as white graduation rates rose.

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