Organizations in the area surrounding the University of Memphis have struggled to preserve the district's urban identity for the past few months. After a Memphis City Council meeting Oct. 15, they may celebrate a victory or be forced to swallow a bitter compromise. Several years ago, the neighborhoods ...
While black students have the lowest graduation rate and the lowest GPA's among all races at the University of Memphis, some other universities have found solutions to the same problem. According to the Education Trust, a non-profit student advocacy foundation, the 2010 six-year graduation rate for ...
Statistics show Hispanic students are underrepresented at the University of Memphis; the percentage of Hispanics in the city is 6.5 percent, while they constitute less than three percent of the student body, according to the Office of Institutional Research's 2013 statistics. Their representation lags ...