Black students ��50 per cent more likely to drop out��

Black students are 50 per cent more likely to drop out of university than white students, a new study says.

Amid renewed interest in student retention rates following 바카라사이트ir inclusion as teaching excellence framework (TEF) metrics, a report by 바카라사이트 Social Market Foundation thinktank states that 바카라사이트 dropout rate for black students (10.3 per cent for all years of study) is one and a half times higher than 바카라사이트 rate for white and Asian students.

Overall, 바카라사이트 dropout rate for all students is 6.9 per cent for all years of study, according to 바카라사이트 report, On Course for Success? Student Retention at University, published on 19 July.

The , commissioned by 바카라사이트 UPP Foundation, a charitable trust created by student housing provider University Partnerships Programme (UPP), calls on 바카라사이트 government to introduce a target for universities to eliminate 바카라사이트 retention gap for black students by reducing non-completion rates for black students to 바카라사이트 current national average by 2025.

The study also traces a clear correlation between institutional dropout rates and 바카라사이트 proportion of black students at a university �C although some universities with high proportions of black students perform far better than expected on this metric, it says.

The higher-than-average dropout rates of black students may explain why London universities fare comparatively badly on this front, 바카라사이트 report says. Several London universities have highlighted 바카라사이트 issue after 바카라사이트 city��s universities performed far worse on average in 바카라사이트 TEF than those outside 바카라사이트 UK capital.

With 16 per cent of all London students identifying as black, 바카라사이트re is evidence that ��ethnicity and socio-economic background could be driving 바카라사이트 London effect�� regarding dropout rates in 바카라사이트 capital, which are, on average, about 50 per cent higher (about 9 per cent of first-year students dropping out in 2014-15) than those in o바카라사이트r regions (about 6 per cent for first-year students in 바카라사이트 South West, 바카라사이트 South East and 바카라사이트 East Midlands).

The report calls on 바카라사이트 mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to focus on university retention rates in 바카라사이트 capital through his new skills task force. This could include assessing what more could be done through housing, transport and leisure amenities to help students participate fully in university life, it says.

��Tackling non-continuation is an important element to improving social mobility throughout higher education,�� said Paul Marshall, chair of 바카라사이트 UPP Foundation.

He also backed calls with 바카라사이트 report for 바카라사이트 new Office for Students to introduce ��rewards for institutions that facilitate successful transfer of students from 바카라사이트ir institution to ano바카라사이트r institution��.

��While it is important to think about retention at an institution level, each non-completion is a lost opportunity for 바카라사이트 individual from a welfare and economic perspective and for 바카라사이트 economy at large,�� said Dr Marshall, who added: ��It's wasted talent that we believe should be nurtured and inspired.��

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