31 December 2005  CU Statistics  A story on C.U.'s admissions
policies provides a mixed bag of statistics.  Graduation rates
are the good news:  [T]he graduation rate for black students has
improved from 32 percent to 59 percent; for Hispanics, from 48
percent to 59 percent; and for Asians, from 48 percent to 62
percent.  The overall graduation rate for minority students is
60 percent - just seven points lower than for white students.
That relatively small difference puts CU in the top 10 percent
of all four-year colleges in the nation[.]  While the lack of
racial disparity is a good thing, however, the fact that a third
or more of students are not making it, despite solid academic
backgrounds coming in, is not very impressive.  The bad news:
"Colorado remains 48th in the nation for participation of
minority students in higher education."  It would be nice to
know if this is in absolute terms or relative to the
demographics of the state, although being 48th in any state
ranking is usually a bad thing.  And, i