Comments on: A Black president doesn’t mean racism is gone in America http://sfbayview.com/2009/a-black-president-doesn%e2%80%99t-mean-racism-is-gone-in-america/ Black liberation news and views Thu, 24 May 2012 07:13:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Erin http://sfbayview.com/2009/a-black-president-doesn%e2%80%99t-mean-racism-is-gone-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-3291 Erin Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:10:08 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4171#comment-3291 I agree there are race issues in this country. Yet I feel that a high school GPA is an excellent predictor for college success. Raising a GPA index at a university is not wrong. It increases competetiveness and performace results in incoming students. http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/3744 Please reference this study "In fact, high-school GPA is the single most important predictor of all positive academic outcomes we measured," said Villarejo, who directs the National Institutes of Health Initiative for Minority Student Development at UC Davis. I agree there are race issues in this country. Yet I feel that a high school GPA is an excellent predictor for college success. Raising a GPA index at a university is not wrong. It increases competetiveness and performace results in incoming students.

http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/3744

Please reference this study

“In fact, high-school GPA is the single most important predictor of all positive academic outcomes we measured,” said Villarejo, who directs the National Institutes of Health Initiative for Minority Student Development at UC Davis.

]]> By: James http://sfbayview.com/2009/a-black-president-doesn%e2%80%99t-mean-racism-is-gone-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-2386 James Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:45:44 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4171#comment-2386 It's a state University, get some grades and stop whining about it!! It’s a state University, get some grades and stop whining about it!!

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