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African Americans by the Numbers
From the U.S. Census Bureau
Find information on African-American populations, veterans, business-owners, incomes, home-owners, and more, in honor of Black History Month.
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44.5 million
The number of blacks, either alone or in combination with one or more other races, on July 1, 2012, up 1.0 percent from July 1, 2011.
77.4 million
The projected black, either alone or in combination, population of the United States (including those of more than one race) for July 1, 2060. On that date, according to the projection, blacks would constitute 18.4 percent of the nation's total population.
3.7 million
The black population in New York, which led all states as of July 1, 2012. Texas had the largest numeric increase since 2011 (87,000). The District of Columbia had the highest percentage of blacks (51.6 percent), followed by Mississippi (38.0 percent).
1.3 million
Cook County, Ill. (Chicago) had the largest black population of any county in 2012 (1.3 million), and Harris, Texas (Houston) had the largest numeric increase since 2011 (20,000). Holmes, Miss., was the county with the highest percentage of blacks in the nation (83.1 percent).
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Number of black military veterans in the United States in 2012.
The percentage of blacks 25 and older with a high school diploma or higher in 2012.
The percentage of blacks 25 and older who had a bachelor's degree or higher in 2012.
1.6 million
Among blacks 25 and older, the number who had an advanced degree in 2012.
3.7 million
Number of blacks enrolled in college in 2012 compared with 2.9 million in 2007, a 28 percent increase.
17.8 million
The number of blacks who voted in the 2012 presidential election. In comparison to the 2008 election, about 1.7 million additional black voters reported going to the polls in 2012.
Percent of blacks who voted in the 2012 presidential election, higher than the 64.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites who did so. This marks the first time that blacks have voted at a higher rate than whites since the Census Bureau started publishing statistics on voting by the eligible citizen population in 1996.
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance
The annual median income of black households in 2012, compared with the nation at $51,017.
Poverty rate in 2012 for blacks, while nationally it was 15.0 percent.
Percentage of blacks that were covered by health insurance during all or part of 2012. Nationally, 84.6 percent of all races were covered by health insurance.
Families and Children
Among households with a black householder, the percentage that contained a family in 2013. There were 9.8 million black family households.
Among families with black householders, the percentage that were married couples in 2013.
1.3 million
Number of black grandparents who lived with their own grandchildren younger than 18 in 2012. Of this number, 47.6 percent were also responsible for their care.
The percentage of civilian employed blacks 16 and older who worked in management, business, science and arts occupations, while 36.1 percent of the total population worked in these occupations.
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CORPUS CHRISTI - The Corpus Christi Hooks and Ainsworth Trucking are asking the community to step up to the plate and help out the victims of that horrific tornado that shattered so many lives in Oklahoma.
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Thanks to a generous College Access Challenge Grant, teaching University of Montana Western students how to manage their finances will be a campus-wide effort.
University of Montana Western Chancellor Richard Storey has announced he will retire from the institution Aug. 2, 2014.
On an April evening in the basement of the University of Montana Western's Swysgood Technology Center, three generations of women gather for a StrongWomen workout.
With over three decades of teaching and education administration to his name, University of Montana Western alumnus Richard Jonasen will be honored with the 2013 Distinguished Alumni award.
On Thursday, Feb. 7, Montana Lt. Gov. John Walsh was on the University of Montana Western campus to tour Montana Western's iconic first building, Main Hall, which was renovated with over $10 million in state funding authorized by the Montana Legislature in 2007 and 2009.
University of Montana Western alumnus and award-winning educator Albert Bender died on Jan. 7, 2013 at his home in Miles City, Mont. He was 103.
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Gov. Perry Presents the Purple Heart to Ricardo Palacios III
In every generation, the United States has been blessed with individuals ready to step forward and place themselves on the line between the American people, and those who would cause us harm.
Over the years, these brave warriors consistently fought for liberty and freedom, and brought hope to untold millions the world over.
There was the generation of my father, the Greatest Generation, who turned back the forces of evil in Europe, and conquered unchecked aggression in the South Pacific.
We have another member of that generation with us today, Ricardo Palacios Jr., a Purple Heart recipient and POW survivor, and father of the man we're honoring this afternoon.
At the time of my youth, another generation of warriors was sent to fight overseas, and faced an unjust reception upon their return home.
These heroes fought and bled for our country and our ideals...just like the generations before them, even if, at the time, our nation was far from unified in its regard for those who served.
Thankfully, we've come to realize the error of our ways, and today appropriately celebrate the members of our military for what they do on our behalf.
Today we recognize that there is no higher form of public service than wearing the uniform of one's country
While there are many forms of giving back to your community, to me, those who face incoming fire to set other people free exist on an entirely different level.
In addition, among the most solemn and meaningful honors that can be presented to a member of our country's armed forces is the Purple Heart.
This award represents true sacrifice, and goes to our most valiant warriors who placed themselves in harm's way for the good of country and comrade.
Today, we are honoring a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Ricardo Palacios III enlisted in the military in 1970, training to transport supplies and munitions in combat situations.
In 1971, Mr. Palacios was in an Army gun truck on a mission, when he and his fellow soldiers fell under attack by enemy forces.
A rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle, and in the resulting destruction, Mr. Palacios suffered major burns to both hands.
It's taken a bit of time to get from that point to today, and I'd like to congratulate both Mr. Palacios and commend Victor Polanco, a Texas Veterans Commission claims counselor who worked hard to locate and assemble the medical documentation and eyewitness statements required for the Army to reconsider and rightfully present Mr. Palacios with the Purple Heart.
And now, 41 years after he suffered his injuries, it is my privilege and my humbling honor, to present Mr. Ricardo Palacios III with the Purple Heart.
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Not to say that my current life isn't wonderfully interesting, but, come on. Exploding money.
Anyway, Digital Overload 2007 kicks off this Friday. I am anxious, nervous, excited and stressed. It's going to be a great time, though.
I've posted up some additional events that will be running this weekend, that aren't on the posted schedule.
I'll make a huge Digital Overload preparation post on Wednesday (my last post until next week), but here are a couple of things to start keeping in mind:
- Remember to print out, sign and bring your waiver with you.
- Remember that you need at least 25' of Cat 5 networking cable. This is not supplied for you.
- Remember to bring your own power strip for any equipment you're bringing. Your BYOC spot only gets you one plug. This goes for people bringing consoles and displays as well.
- When you line up on Friday, have all of your equipment with you. It all has to be registered. If you bring in one piece of equipment, then go back out to the car for another, you'll need to wait in line again.
- Carts with wheels are not allowed inside the event hall (the wheels dont play nice with all the cords around). You can wheel your equipment up to registration, and carry it from there.
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Type in health care costs on the state's bill search engine database and you'll find proposal after proposal for bringing down what's become one huge burden on state coffers.
"I think the first thing we need to do is look at what is driving health care costs up," said Tricia Farley-Bouvier, democrat, candidate for 3rd Berkshire State Representative seat. "We need to bring back more competitive rating in Massachusetts," said Mark Jester, republican, candidate for 3rd Berkshire State Representative seat.
"We have to generate an enormous amount of revenue for that to work," said Pam Malumphy, an independent candidate for the 3rd Berkshire State Representative seat.
"The current system continues to be burdensome on state government," said Mark Miller, the Green-Rainbow candidate for the 3rd Berkshire State Representative seat. So, that's where all four candidates for the 3rd Berkshire District seat agree. The state's universal health care system is too costly. Where they differ, though, is on how they'd go about fixing that.
"Our hospital, for example, all of our primary care physicians all our health care providers spend so much time working on administrative costs to deal with different insurance companies," Farley-Bouvier said.
"By opening it up to competitive rating, you're able to bring in more competition and so more competition you're gonna have lower costs. Just anything else," Jester said.
"Either you make the system highly, highly competitive in order to drive the prices down dramatically, or you go into a single payer health system," Malumphy said.
Which brings us to Green-Rainbow candidate Mark Miller, who would advocate fully for a single-payer system. That's when everyone pays into one big insurance pool administered by the state.
"You do away with a lot of the costs now that private insurance companies need for their whole marketing scheme. What they pay their executives," he said.
Current 4th Berkshire District rep Smitty Pignatelli tells YNN the state house will begin debate on a cost control bill either later this fall or early next year.
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Moran Applauds DOD Decision to Standardize Leased Office Space Safety Standards
Washington, DC – Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, today applauded the Defense Department decision to change safety standards for all DOD leased facilities to match the standards set by the Interagency Security Committee (ISC) Standards and Best Practices, which govern every other federal agency. The move, long advocated by Rep. Moran, will save money and allow more facilities in Northern Virginia to compete for DOD leases.
"I applaud the Defense Department for their decision to set more appropriate safety standards for buildings used as leased office space," said Rep. Moran. "This decision is good for our budget, creates uniformity among agencies and will open up facilities for the Defense Department to lease, making the process more competitive and cost effective."
Specifically, the DOD changed from a policy of Unified Facilities Criteria/Anti-Terrorism Force Protection standards (UFC/ATFP), which required all DOD leased office space to adhere to onerous minimum safety standards, including 82 foot setbacks from the road and modified structural design in some cases, to the same tried and true ISC standards followed by all other federal agencies. Prior to the decision, only DOD facilities had a separate set of standards.
Understanding the impact of ATFP on facilities in his own district, Rep. Moran has pressed DOD officials to change to uniform minimum safety standards for all federal agencies. At the Congressman's urging, in 2011, Deputy Secretary of Defense Bill Lynn released a memo directing a study of the ATFP standards.
Moran continued: "ATFP standards set unnecessarily high, redundant safety standards for leased office space. It was not an effective use of government resources and penalized our region which necessarily houses a large portion of the federal government given our proximity to Washington D.C."
The ATFP standards require all leased office space to maintain safety standards consistent with a "military installation." These standards are extremely difficult to meet in developed and urban areas. They have resulted in arbitrary DOD decisions, such as capping at 25 percent the number of DOD employees in office buildings, in order avoid restrictions. The standards also had the effect of spreading the workforce across a larger geographic area, in a way that hurt efficiencies and synergy. Due to the nature of the safety requirements, the ATFP standards also often conflicted with Presidential Executive Order #13154 which requires agencies to consider new leases that are accessible to public transportation.
As part of the ISC standards, any federal agency or department may set a higher security standard if there is sufficient justification. Unlike the ATFP standards, however, the likelihood of a terrorist attack on a given agency or facility is factored into the ISC safety standard decision, thus making them more flexible to individual agency needs.


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The Center for Oral and Facial Surgery has two California offices: San Diego and El Cajon, CA. Board Certified oral surgeons Drs. Pavel, Eckstein, Oleksy and Gile offer services such as dental implants, wisdom tooth removal, facial trauma, and orthognathic surgery.
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Chris was born and raised near Winston-Salem, North Carolina by his mom and grandma. He spent his childhood earning his black belt in Ishinryu and participating in his church's youth group. Raised by Demon Deacon fans, Chris was the first in his family to attend nearby Wake Forest University, where he earned a bachelors degree in biology and minored in chemistry. He continued his education at Wake Forest's medical school, where he was involved in the Family Medicine Interest Group, CMDA, and intramural sports. Throughout his life Chris has been dedicated to serving people, from volunteering at hospice to a medical service trip to the Dominican Republic to helping with Hurricane Katrina relief.
His desire to serve people led him to primary care upon entering medical school, where he can care for people at all levels of the social spectrum domestically and do service work overseas. Chris chose OHSU because he likes the broad curriculum for family medicine and is looking forward to being prepared for anything from academic to rural medicine
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PostSharp rocks! And I mean that as someone who is doing AOP for a long while, and has implemented some not insignificant parts of Castle.DynamicProxy. Leaving aside the amount of power that it gives you, PostSharp simplicity is simply amazing, wow!
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FC-1 "Chao Qi" / JF-17 Thunder
The FC-1 "Chao Qi" is an all-weather, multipurpose light fighter aircraft. The aircraft is equipped with advanced avionics and armed with medium-range missiles. It is capable of carrying out both air-to-air and air-to-groud missions. By 2004 this new multi-role fighter had been redesignated the Xialon (Fierce Dragon), and for Pakistan as JF-17 "Thunder". It might be designated J-9 if it became operational in Chinese service, but as of 2011 this did not appear to be in the works.
As a substitute for the Super-7, China developed the FC-1 (Fighter China 1) lightweight multipurpose fighter based on the design for the MiG-33, which was rejected by the Soviet Air Force. The FC-1 was developed with a total investment in excess of $500 million, including support from the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC), mainly for export to replace the 120 F-7M/P fighters in service in the Pakistani Air Force, though it was possible that the Chinese Air Force will use this aircraft as well. The deal to manufacture 150 FC-1 (Fighter China) jets was struck when General Musharraf visited China just before the Kargil war in 1998.
Chengdu Aircraft Industry Company [CAIC], based in Sichuan Province, is China's second-largest fighter production base, and the enterprise is cooperating with Pakistan's Aviation Integrated Company and Russia's Mikoyan Aero-Science Production Group [MASPG] in the development of the FC-1. Israel and several European countries are being considered as suppliers for the plane's avionics. The first flight was planned for 1997 with delivery to the Pakistani Air Force scheduled for 1999.
Initially it was anticipated that the FC-1 would be a high- performance, low-cost fighter plane to supplement the F-10 air superiority fighters developed for the Chinese Air Force. These planes will be fitted with a single Klimov Design Bureau RD-93 engines. They are a more powerful version of RD-33 engines, two of which are fitted in MIG-29. The China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC) tried to persuade the Chinese Air Force to use the FC-1 so as to increase the production run and reduce the unit cost. But the Chinese military has resisted, being of the view that equiping the Air Force with two types of fighter planes with similar performance within the same time period would both consume limited financial resources and complicate logistical support for dissimilar aircraft.
It is widely reported that the FC-1 is a continuation of the "MiG-33 [R33]" program developed in the 1980s. The Russian company Mikoyan OKB Design Bureau, which designs all MIG series of aircraft, sold the design of MIG-33 to the China and Pakistan. This report is the source of considerable confusion, and indeed some rather fanciful speculation. The so-called MiG-33 design used in conjunction with the FC-1 program was apparently a the poorly attested "Product 33" lightweight single-engine project of the mid-1980s. A decade later, the MiG-33 nomenclature was briefly associated with the much larger twin-engine Mig-29M. This confused history has led to observations that the "FC-1 features air inlets on the lateral sides of the fuselage rather than the ventral inlets of the MiG-33. ... the most apparent modifications to the MiG-33 design is the repositioning of the ventral fins from the engine compartment..." These supposed modifications to the mid-90s MiG-33 design actually reflect the fact that the FC-1 is an entirely difference airplane with no design relationship to the MiG-33 [MiG-29M].
These improvement in performance affected the program's costs, and if the final production order if fewer than 300 aircraft the unit price will rise from the original $10 million to $15 million.
The FC-1 was to make it's first flight in 1996, but the project was delayed when Pakistan sought to upgrade the performance characteristics of the FC-1 to respond to India's acquisition of Su-30MKIs. After several years of stagnation, the Pakistani Prime Minister's February 1998 trip to China resulted in an agreement to continue development of the fighter. At that time Pakistan was interested in acquiring at least 150 fighters, with the Chinese contemplating acquiring over 200.
The JF-17 Thunder project has been completed in a record period of four years. China National Aviation Corp officially signed the development contract for the FC-1 airplane in 1999. The project initially suffered a setback due to imposition of sanctions in 1999, which hindered acquisition of avionics and weaponry for the aircraft. The avionics had to be delinked from airframe development in 2001. China National Aviation Corp completes the detailed preliminary design in 2001 and in 2002 the company completed the detailed design structure and the system charts.
Formal production work began September 16, 2002, on the FC-1 aircraft in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The FC-1 made its formal debut at China's Fourth International Air Show scheduled November 4 to 7, 2002, in Zhuhai, the nearest mainland city to Macao. China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I ) made fresh progress in 2003, with 5 planes having passed evaluation and seven new planes completed their maiden flight. "Xiaolong / FC-1", or Fierce Dragon, produced by the corporation last year was applauded as one of the "Ten Major National Scientific Events in 2003"
In July 2003 it was reported that the "SUPER-7" fighter jet was ready to take its maiden flight, although a detailed timetable was not released. China's Super-7 Fighter completed its taxiing test on July 03, 2003 at a test ground of Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Corporation (CAC). As one of the eight major ground tests that must be completed before test flight, the taxiing test is aimed at trying the correctness of the design of electricity supply system, as well as signal connections between the electricity supply system and other external systems so as to provide important data to guarantee a successful first fly. Leiqiang, deputy director of the Chengdu Flight Group's trial flight department under the Chinese Air Force, said on Tuesday he will carry out the maiden flight task. On the day of the first flight, China Central Television (CCTV) will dispatch a special report group to broadcast the whole flight live. Leiqiang, also a "SUPER-7" pilot, and Yangwei, the jet's designer, who is also regarded as the father of "SUPER-7," will be featured on the CCTV program "Face to Face."
On 25 August 2003 the "owlet dragon" FC-1 airplane carried on the initial flight. It flews 17 minutes before it returned to the airport. The serial production of the aircraft was to begin by January 2006. The aircraft will replace the Mirage, F-16 and F-7 aircraft with the latest technology and it will meet professional requirements of the Pakistan Air Force.
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March 2002
Released: 2002, GUN
Rating: 1.5/5
Reviewer: Cid
You guys better hand in your swords, wet the powder and use the treasure map as toilet paper…It had of course come to the attention of many of you that Rock'n'Rolf might have begun to lose steam on Running Wild's last effort VICTORY. I wanted to keep the faith and maybe then look at all of the people that told me that Running Wild was through and that their glory days were over and tell them that they were wrong. Well, if THE BROTHERHOOD is any indication of where the band is going then I must admit that it was I who was wrong.
Only one song on this album is still worthy of the buccaneer's name, "The Ghost". The rest of the album, while catchy and sometimes a bit fun to listen to is just plain boring. The entire 55:17 minutes (with the exception of the closing track) are just a pile of melody driven songs that slowly flow away without leaving anything to remember. The melody's still there, the guitar work is still there, but it's just boring. Nothing new, no interesting compositions, no flair, no fire, no nothing…
I must say I am sadly disappointed, I expected much more from the band that put out BLACK HAND INN.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -- From jogging to biking, folks in Colorado know about healthy living. We run, hike, get out with our dogs, and hit up the local farmer's market.
But we may not know anything compared to A.J. Jacobs. He's the author of "Drop Dead Healthy." It's a book chronicling his journey to become the healthiest man alive.
You can imagine how intimidating it would be to figure out where to start. But A.J. was on a mission.
"I needed this, because three years ago I was in terrible shape," he said. "I was what they call skinny-fat, so I looked like a snake that had swallowed a goat. And my wife said to me, 'listen, I don't want to be a widow in my 40s. You have to get in shape.'"
A.J. focused on two areas first. He started with his diet, working on the quality of his food and the quantity. Then, A.J. got moving, trying all different kinds of workouts.
He revamped his whole life, following medical advice that improved his sleep, his sex life, his posture and lowering his stress level. It became a full-time job.
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But A.J. kept one goal in mind. He says you have to think about your future self.
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But the question is: did he meet his goal of becoming the healthiest person in the world?
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Genetic tests can confirm a diagnosis and can help identify family members who are at risk for hemochromatosis.
Type I hemochromatosis is caused by defects (mutations) in the HFE gene. HFE has many purposes, but one important role is that it helps to control the amount of iron that is absorbed from food. There are several known mutations in the HFE gene, but presently testing for only three is available: C282Y, H63D and S65C.
Everyone inherits two copies of HFE, one from Mom and one from Dad.
When a person has one mutated copy, he or she is called a carrier or heterozygote. When a person has two of the same mutated copies, he or she is called a homozygote. When a person has two different, but mutated, copies, he or she is called a compound heterozygote. Genetics can be very difficult to understand at first. What is most important is that you know which gene combination causes the greatest known risk of loading iron.
Risk can be modified by other genes, environment or unknown factors and as such, anyone with a mutated copy of HFE should periodically ask their doctor to check iron levels: hemoglobin, fasting serum iron, TIBC and serum ferritin.
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Grinnell, a city in Poweshiek county, Iowa, U.S.A., 55 m. E. by N. of Des Moines. Pop. (1900) 3860, of whom 274 were foreign-born; (1905) 4634; (1910) 5036. Grinnell is served by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, and the Iowa Central railways. It is the seat of Iowa College (co-educational), founded in 1847 by the Iowa Band (Congregationalists and graduates of New England colleges and Andover Theological Seminary, who had devoted themselves to home missionary educational work in Iowa, and who came to Iowa in 1843), and by a few earlier pioneers from New England. The college opened in 1848 at Davenport, and in 1859 removed to Grinnell, where there was a school called Grinnell University, which it absorbed. Closely affiliated with the college are the Grinnell Academy and the Grinnell School of Music. In 1907–1908 the College had 463 students, the Academy had 129 students, and the School of Music had 141 students. Among the manufactures are carriages and gloves. The city was named in honour of one of its founders, Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821–1891), a Congregational clergyman, friend of and sympathizer with John Brown, and from 1863 to 1867 a member of the National House of Representatives. Grinnell was settled in 1854, was incorporated as a town in 1865, and in 1882 was chartered as a city of the second class. In 1882 it suffered severely from a cyclone.


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This is another strong entry from Crombie that will delight and enthrall readers. Scotland Yard Detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are once again on the case in the latest in this award-winning series. For all lovers of police procedurals done at the highest level, this is a must-read! -- Susie Wilmer, Old Firehouse Books, Fort Collins, CO
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WYSP receives grants from Security Health Plan, Domer FoundationFebruary 18, 2013
EAU CLAIRE — The Wisconsin Youth Success Program on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus has received $7,500 in grants — $5,000 from Security Health Plan of Wisconsin and $2,500 from the Arnold and Lois Domer Foundation.
WYSP is a free five-week summer program offered to youth ages 10-16 in the Chippewa Valley. The program has been offered to the community for more than 30 years as an opportunity for youth to develop leadership, academic and athletic skills. In addition, the program provides free medical exams, dental cleanings and screenings to each camper.
Lisa Schuetz, WYSP activity director, said that without funding from outside organizations, the program could not be offered free to the community.
"WYSP provides a safe environment for children," Schuetz said. "It allows them to be active in lifelong sports while also learning hands-on education concepts."
Schuetz said the grant money will be used for sports equipment and educational supplies.
Dr. Mickey Crothers, UW-Eau Claire professor of psychology and executive director and trustee for the Domer Foundation, said the foundation began supporting WYSP because it was impressed with the energy, momentum and quality of the program.
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Only 63 percent of LAUSD high school graduates go on to college, 12 percent less than the state average, according to the California Department of Education.
Students in surrounding districts, such as Glendale and Arcadia, go on to college at higher rates, over 75 percent.
The national average is 68.1 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Jan Davis, administrative coordinator of LAUSD high school programs, said the data isn't wholly accurate because it doesn't factor in nonparticipating institutions.
"We don't exactly know how the data vendors gather their data," Davis said. "Some schools, like UC Berkeley, do not give out student information, so kids who go on to those universities won't show up on the count."
The data also may not include every student who went on to community colleges, Davis said.
"There's no indication that community colleges are counted," Davis said. "That would greatly impact the percentage because many kids, especially in the last couple of years, have been enrolling in community colleges because of the economy."
The new system combines data collected by California Longitudinal Data System (CALPADS) and tracks graduated students from Aug. 16, 2008, to Aug. 15, 2009, and the National Student Clearinghouse, which compares students on file to those who have enrolled in college within 16 months of graduating, according to the official CDE website.
Paula Mishima, CALPADS program director, said some students who go on to community colleges aren't counted.
"Community colleges don't take the full names of students, so it's harder to match up the data with the actual numbers," Mishima said. "It's not that they all aren't counted, it's just really hard to match the names community colleges report to the ones on the list, so the numbers may be off."
Mishima said CALPADS is looking into this problem and plans to fix it by next year.
The numbers are also tainted because many students enrolled in high school either can't afford college or don't have citizenship, Davis said.
"Many of our students are socially or economically disadvantaged," Davis said. "Also, some students are undocumented, meaning they didn't have the papers needed to get into college."
Flaws in the system are no excuse for being below the state average, Davis said.
"LAUSD continues to work with schools to make sure students are properly educated and college ready," Davis said. "We've implemented a new rule for the incoming class of 2012, which states students must pass all courses needed to get into college, whereas before, all they needed to do was enroll."
Kathleen Rowlands, CSUN's education, professor said kids may not get accepted into college because they lack college-level English skills.
"To get into college, you have to be proficient in reading and writing," Rowlands said. "Traditionally, in high school, the curriculum is based on fictional literature, but college courses are based more on academic essays and composition, so kids aren't ready for them."
Rowlands also said the LAUSD is underfunded, causing overcrowded classrooms.
"It's not uncommon to see an English classroom with over 40 students," Rowlands said. "You get better at writing by getting feedback, and overworked teachers may not always give proper feedback."
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