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Study Calls Attention to NYC Effort on Black and Latino Male College Readiness

 

While African-American and Latino males in New York City showed significant improvement in their high school graduation rates during the last decade, they demonstrated strikingly low college readiness rates, according to a just-released study.

“Among students scheduled to graduate in 2010, only 9 percent of Black males and approximately 11 percent of Latino males graduated [from high school] ‘college ready,’” reports Moving the Needle Exploring Key Levers to Boost College Readiness Among Black and Latino Males in New York City, which was published by the New York University-based Research Alliance for New York City Schools research group.

“High school graduation rates for Black and Latino males increased by 14 percentage points—from 43 and 45 percent, respectively, among those who entered high school in 2002, to 57 and 59 percent, respectively, among those who entered in 2006,” states the study. “Our analysis of the educational outcomes of Black and Latino males in New York City over the last decade shows that, while graduation rates are improving, college readiness rates for young men of color remain startlingly low.”

The study noted that nationally only 26 percent of Black males and 18 percent of Latino males attain an associate degree or higher, compared to 41 percent of students overall.

Dr. Adriana Villavicenio, a study co-author and Research Alliance for New York City Schools research associate, says the study was undertaken to help New York City educators, city officials, philanthropists and others better understand the educational challenges that lie ahead nearly two years after the launch of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ‘Young Men’s Initiative’ to address “the broad disparities slowing the advancement of Black and Latino young men.” The study documents college-related outcomes and other indicators that help predict college readiness for Black and Latino male students, and outlines key related factors that underlie the educational outcomes.

Under the broad-based efforts of the Young Men’s Initiative, the city in 2012 started the Expanded Success Initiative (ESI), a program to improve college readiness and career outcomes for Black and Latino males. NYU’s Research Alliance group was chosen to evaluate ESI, which is now providing assistance to 40 city high schools to help improve college and career readiness among Black and Latino male students.

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