August, 2010 // Posts published in August, 2010
School’s In
Advance notice: this is not a particularly profound piece. A few commentators have recently noted recurrent bursts of substance in my blog, which is kind of them; but I need a pass on this one. For this is simply a few musings about the beginning of fall semester. I’ve been in this racket a long […]
Retention and Graduation
As some readers know, Mason got some good publicity last week, in published data demonstrating that our graduation rates for key minority groups, notably African Americans and Latinos, are about the same as those for students as a whole. We are delighted that our recruitment, education and support efforts have this result. We have long […]
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