... . Yet, "it has also become clear that when socio-economic factors are controlled, the attrition rate of Blacks after enrolling in college is not strikingly different from that of Whites" (David, p.371). This points directly to the significance of economic factors on the success of Black Students after college enrollment. Other factors include the academic preparation of Black ... White families in the United States. Thus, fewer families" have money available to provide access to as many learning experiences for minority children outside of school, than do whites. "Considering the general...

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... of a seven year old sued the Montgomery County School Board after their son was barred from transferring to a math and science magnet school because it would reduce the proportion of whites in his old school." Also in Northern Virginia's Arlington County, "parents of two white children who lost a lottery for admission to an alternative kindergarten sued because lottery was weighted in ... be able to use race as a factor in deciding which students can participate in gifted programs. His said it was "wrong to allow minority students with lower IQ scores than whites and Asians to be admitt...

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... programs that recruit black students contribute to "the significant number of black students dropping and failing out of colleges that they are unprepared to academically complete [Tur03]." The retention rate among minorities is unsettling: while 59% of whites graduate within six years of enrolling in college, only 38% of blacks and 46% of Hispanics do the same. Minority students are ... ...

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