According to new analysis, the percentage of minority students in American colleges is dropping at a dangerous rate.
The National Council of Public Policy in Higher Education said that states need to do more to ensure that minorities continue on an upward trend in college graduation. According to their report, 16.4 percent of graduates are non-white, down from 17.1 percent in 2000.
Some have said that scholarships should specifically target the poor, but that idea misses the larger issue. Minorities are more likely to be below the poverty line, and should get the lion's share of assistance. Whites are below the poverty line also, but whites have had it easier in this country since its founding.
AU shouts from the rooftops its commitment to diversity, but the reality of the situation is different than the viewbooks they send out. According to the school, 18 percent of our undergraduate students are non-white. For some, this is a large figure, but we feel AU could do a lot more.
Encouraging minorities to come to AU and making it affordable expands the university's alumni basis, therefore opening the doors of AU to their communities and spheres of influence.
