Men havenât a clue about why they prefer certain body shapes or why their brains light up when they see narrow waists and well-rounded hips and thighs. But the preferences encoded in their genes by millennia of evolution help reveal what it is about womenâs bodies that foretells success in having children.
All states and the District of Columbia have reported ACGR rates. Based on those state-reported data, the U.S. Department of Education indicates that the nationâs graduation rate reached an all-time high, 82 percent for the class of 2014. Thatâs an increase of 1 percentage point over the prior year.
Here Is Good News on Black Student College Graduation Rates But a Huge Racial Gap Persists. Nationwide, the black student college graduation rate remains at a dismally low 44 percent. But the college completion rate has improved by five percentage points over the past four years. As ever, the overall black-white gap in college graduation rates remains very large at 19 percentage points.