Part one: Adminstrators create campus-wide programs to retain students

K-State addresses retention rates with grade checks

Jeremy James had many odds against him. He was a young black parent, attended a low-academic achievement high school, and was a first-generation college student.

Part two: Student organizations prove success in retaining minority students

Student groups improve retention rates, overall campus diversity

This is the second part of a five-part series examines retention rate issues among black students at predominately white universities, specifically K-State.     Bronson Blackwell said Careem Gladney is like the brother he never had.     Gladney, senior in finance and a leader on campus, mentors Blackwell, freshman in pre-journalism, through the Black Student Union Mentor - Men-tee program. Full story

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Video: Balancing Act

Jeremy James, K-State junior in computer science, balances school, work, extra-curriculars and parenthood.