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Volume 96, Number 52
Across nation, schools struggle to retain minorities Data displays MU performing well in other categories By Sarah Hauer sarah.hauer@marquette.edu
Nationally, minority students have a lower retention and graduation rate than their white counterparts. Marquette is no exception. While Marquette students outperform their national counterparts at graduating in four and six years, not all races graduate the university at an equal rate. Of first-time, full-time freshman who entered Marquette in 2004, 62 percent graduated in four years and 81 percent graduated in six years. Nationally, 52.5 percent of students in that same group (four-year private, not-forprofit schools) graduated in four years, and 65.5 percent graduated in six years. According to data compiled by Marquette’s Office of Institutional Research and Assessment from The Chronicle of Higher Education’s College Completion report, those graduation rates are not even across races. 82.3 percent of white students in the 2004 freshman class graduated within six years, while 68.9 percent of black
students graduated within the same period. Nationally, white and black students graduate within six years at rates of 68 percent and 44.9 percent, respectively. Students from most other identified races on campus (including Hispanic, American Indian and Other) also surpassed national six-year graduation rates, although Asian graduation rates on campus were slightly lower than national statistics, 73 percent versus 76.2 percent. The data also states retention of Marquette students from admission to the following year (in 2004) is fairly consistent across ethnicity, at about 89 percent. Alexandra Riley, associate director of the OIRA, said the office does not have access to retention by ethnicity for other institutions, so peer data is not available. Anne Deahl, associate vice provost for academic support programs and retention, said the university chooses to look beyond race when examining retention and graduation rate data. “We have intensely successful minority students at Marquette,” Deahl said. “But many times diverse students come from risk backgrounds. What we’ve chosen to look at is the reasons why students struggle.” See Retention, page 5
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Stossel: Individuals key
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John Stossel discussed topics such as the power of individuals and big government in the Weasler auditorium.
Author, anchor talks big government before hundreds By Allison Kruschke allison.kruschke@marquette.edu
Fox News anchor and author John Stossel entertained a crowd of Marquette students and Milwaukee residents with a discussions about why big government fails and his new book yesterday in the Weasler auditorium. The event was sponsored by Young Americans for Freedom
(YAF), which is the Marquette chapter for the national conservative organization the Young America’s Foundation, the Diederich College of Communication, the political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha, College Republicans and the student activity fee. Stossel hosts a show on Fox Business that bears his name and recently released his new book, “No, They Can’t: Why Big Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed.” YAF chairman and senior in the College of Business Administration Craig Maechtle opened the event by inviting the audience to talk to Stossel and members of the organization after the event.
“We want to hear what you have to say,” he said. Maechtle added that he was proud of the work put into the event, and that Marquette was able to host such a big name on campus. “I just think that Mr. Stossel has such a unique and interesting point of view,” he said. “We were lucky to be able to hear him speak tonight. We had a great turnout as well.” Along with 150 Marquette students and 300 members of the See Stossel, page 5
Milwaukee clears EPA’s air quality standards New study shows city’s policies may be having good effect By Joe Kaiser joseph.kaiser@marquette.edu
national standards would push Milwaukee into that safe bubble. Michael Switzenbaum, professor and executive associate dean of Marquette’s department of civil, construction and environmental engineering, said Kenosha will likely not be exempted from Chicago’s high pollution because of the way air pollution travels. “There has been a lot of progress in Milwaukee, while Kenosha is part of the Chicago region,” Switzenbaum said. “You have political boundaries, but the way air pollution travels you need air pollution boundaries.” Clifford Crandall, a Marquette associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, said air pollution regulations are a complex issue. “There are some real problems
Milwaukee’s MCTS has taken extensive efforts to help the city reach its national standard for ozone pollution.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to conclude that the metro Milwaukee area has met a new national standard for ozone levels, but Kenosha County will likely not meet the standard due to its proximity to Chicago. The EPA conclusions will be based on data from 2008 to 2010, and will be formally announced May 31. Neither Milwaukee nor Kenosha currently resides in an “attainment” area, one where EPA-regulated ozone standards are met. Meeting
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News
VIEWPOINTS
SPORTS
Veterans
WHITE
Greska
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DPS REPORTS.....................2 CALENDAR.......................2 VIEWPOINTS........................6 CLOSER LOOK....................8
STUDY BREAK....................10 SPORTS..........................12 CLASSIFIEDS..................14
Group aims to construct extensive medical database. See, PAGE 4
Baseball without beer may actually be a good thing? See PAGE 7
See EPA, page 5
Four simple rules to becoming a good bandwagon fan. See PAGE 12