Marks says the graduation rate is a regional and national challenge.
According to the fact book, 63 percent of undergraduates in the U.S. in 2004 did not have money to cover the cost of college, even after family contributions, scholarships, grants and other financial aid rewards. Marks says that is one of the major reasons why many students, particularly low-income students and minorities, fail to graduate within six years.
In 2004, Black and Hispanic students accounted for 35 percent of the South’s public high school graduates. SREB predicts that percentage will increase to 44 percent by 2014 and 48 percent by 2018.
The SREB fact book is published every two years, and the 2007 edition was released yesterday at the board’s annual meeting, held on Amelia Island, Fla.
SREB is a nonprofit educational advocacy group overseeing educational institutions in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
- Margaret Kamara
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