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A few universities help black and Hispanic students reach and finish graduate school

The Hechinger Report

“It’s so hard to get into graduate school because the path to get there is like a secret that’s only given to certain people,” said Hardy, who is black. “If Students from around the country in the Duke Summer Research Opportunity Program gather in the Nanaline H. Duke Building, which houses several of the university’s research labs.

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The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges — and the economy 

The Hechinger Report

Thats because the current class of high school seniors is the last before a long decline begins in the number of 18-year-olds the traditional age of students when they enter college. Still more new research, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, projects that the pace of college closings could now accelerate.

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