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U-Wisconsin’s Diversity Program Is Expensive, Failing, And Here To Stay


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u-wisconsins-diversity-program-is-expensive-failing-and-here-to-stayDaily Caller:

A $4-million-dollar-per-year diversity program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) has almost entirely failed, according to a new report. Despite this, the school shows now signs of stopping the program, and it may instead see a big boost in funds.

 

UW commissioned an independent study of its Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence, better known as PEOPLE. The purpose of the program, which started in 1999, is to provide college preparatory help to students from non-white, low-income, and less-educated backgrounds in the hopes it will improve their chances of later attending and graduating from UW

 

But the study, carried out by Education Northwest and released late last week, found if anything, PEOPLE has been counterproductive. Only 23 percent of participants who later attended UW were able to graduate in four years, and the six-year graduation rate was just 66 percent. Both figures, the report said, were lower than those for students of similar backgrounds who did not participate in PEOPLE. The report also found the graduation rates for PEOPLE participants have been declining, even as the graduation rates for low-income UW students as a whole have been rising.

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U-Wisconsin’s Diversity Program Is 1.Expensive, 2. Failing, 3. And Here To Stay

 

1. What should go without saying

2. Duh!

3. Will It? IMO some where in the not too distant future it will go away...or UW will.

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