Tag: Rankings: Page 6

Sports

Schools transitioning to NCAA Division I in 2007-08

Exploratory year: University of New Haven (Conn.), Houston Baptist, Bryant University (R.I.), South Dakota, North Dakota, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, and Seattle.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Colleges Struggle to Quit Rankings Habit

VANCOUVER Wash. U.S. News & World Report releases its annual college rankings Friday in the face of the loudest and best-organized criticism from educators the magazine has ever encountered. But for all the complaints that the rankings warp college admissions and distract colleges from educating students, U.S. News still has the upper hand. Colleges are having a hard time quitting the magazine’s annual beauty contest.

August 12, 2007

Students

A Rich History

Texas HBCUs continue their mission of educating African-American students, while at the same time responding to the state’s changing demographics.

August 8, 2007

HBCUs

Letters

Competition Drives Rankings race Among CollegesDr. [Walter] Kimbrough certainly has legitimate grounds for complaint, and he is not alone (see “Are U.S. News’ Rankings Inherently Biased Against Black Colleges?” June 28). What I would hope, however, is that the institutions that refuse to participate in the U.S. News rankings would extend beyond HBCUs to include […]

July 25, 2007

Students

Dustup Over Racial Slur Comes at Delicate Time for Young Law School

PROVIDENCE, R.I. The law school at Roger Williams University is a relative infant among peers, opened less than 15 years ago and angling ever since to elevate its national profile and climb the rankings ladder.

July 21, 2007

Home

Is Temple No Longer ‘Diversity University’?

As the GPA and SAT scores of incoming freshmen has risen, the percentage of Black students enrolled at Temple has declined. On the other hand, the retention and graduation rates of Black students are as high as ever. Has Temple really abandoned its mission?

July 17, 2007

Students

Black Enterprise-Listed – listing of top 50 colleges for African American students

A new college ranking, designed to help students and their parents evaluate an institution’s academic and social appeal for African Americans, hits newsstands.

July 14, 2007

HBCUs

Charting journalism degrees

The data for this study come from the United Stated Department of Education. It is collected through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) program completers survey conducted by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). The survey requests data on the number of degrees and other formal awards conferred in academic, vocational, and continuing professional education programs. Institutions report their data according to the Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes developed by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). CIP codes provide a common set of categories allowing comparisons across all colleges and universities.

July 13, 2007

HBCUs

The top 100: graduate and professional schools – part two; includes listing of postsecondary institutes that graduate the most minority students

This is the second half of Black Issues In Higher Education’s annual “Top 100” rankings of postsecondary institutions that graduate the most minority students. Part I ranked schools that grant baccalaureate degrees (see July 9, 1998 edition). This edition ranks graduate and professional schools.

July 12, 2007

HBCUs

The top 100: interpreting the data – students of color

For the seventh consecutive year, the publishers of Black Issues have asked me to to produce lists of the institutions that confer the largest number of degrees to students of color in the United States. These simple lists are presented with the objective of bringing national attention to those institutions that contribute, in raw numbers, to the educational attainment of members of ethnic and racial minorities.

July 12, 2007

Students

The numbers may look good, but… – University of New Mexico, decrease in Hispanic faculty

Data collected by the federal government on the diversity and distribution of the nation’s academic labor force show that the University of New Mexico (UNM) ranks near the top at recruiting and retaining Latino/Hispanic faculty. In fact, when only tenured and tenure-track faculty are considered (see table on page 31). UNM ranks number one among Research I and II institutions (the ranking omits all University of california schools, as well as four other institutions for whom data were not available).

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

A scant presence – Black and Latino faculty at research institutions – includes related article

For many faculty, particularly those who favor research over teaching, securing a faculty position at a major research institution is a dream come true. These universities, of which there are 120 nationwide, offer some of the most ideal conditions available for the pursuit of scholarly and scientific research.

July 11, 2007