1.   Averages were dropping every year, as were graduation rates.

2.   In the past five years, there has been a vast improvement in graduation rates.

3.   Poverty depressed the black college-attendance rate, but so did low high school graduation rates and poor performance on standardized tests.

4.   Access entrants appeared to be something of an anomaly in this study, given their combination of relatively high graduation rates with relatively low measure of degree quality.

5.   Also on the table would be possible revisions for how graduation rates are computed and possible incentives and penalties for schools based on their student-athlete graduation rates.

6.   Also, Eastern District has historically been a failing high school, troubled by political infighting and dreadful dropout and graduation rates.

7.   Among the surprises in the data, he said, was the fact that the graduation rates have doubled for those who get strong financial aid.

8.   And all are straining at the seams as high school graduation rates for all races and ethnic groups approach levels exceeding those of the Baby Boomer generation.

9.   And is this a particularly noteworthy situation when you consider the low graduation rates at some of the basketball powers?

10.   And while graduation rates are improving, blacks and Latinos are considerably less likely to leave UC with a diploma.