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The meaning of the numbers – rankings of colleges and universities with most minority students – Special Report: Top 100 Graduate & Professional Degree Producers

This is the second part of Black Issues In Higher Education’s annual “Top 100” rankings of colleges and universities that graduate the most minority, students. In part I, Black Issues ranked schools that grant baccalaureate degrees. In this issue, Black Issues ranks graduate and professional schools, beginning on page 22.

July 10, 2007

Students

The meaning of the numbers – Black Issues in Higher Education’s sixth annual Top 100 rankings of minority college graduates

The analysis of degrees conferred to students of color in the United States continues this year with the simple 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 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Phenomenal growth – Black Issues in Higher Education’s sixth annual Top 100 rankings of minority baccalaureates – Cover Story

African American Baccalaureates Surge by 30% From 1991 to 1995

July 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of Maine-Farmington Joins Others in Withdrawing From Part of U.S. News Survey

PORTLAND Maine The University of Maine at Farmington is joining a growing list of colleges and universities declining to complete a survey for the U.S. News & World Report rankings of higher-education institutions.

July 8, 2007

HBCUs

Are U.S. News’ Rankings Inherently Biased Against Black Colleges?

The U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings have long had their share of critics, and Dr. Walter Kimbrough, president of historically Black Philander Smith College, is trying to enlist his HBCU counterparts in boycotting the rankings.

June 27, 2007

Students

Students say Northeastern U Terminating Non-Ph.D. Faculty to Move Up In the Rankings

BOSTON Northeastern University is purging its communications and journalism program of instructors who lack doctorates in a move students say is motivated by the university’s quest to improve its U.S. News & World Report ranking.

May 30, 2007

International

Top 100 Undergraduate Degree Producers

Who were Alexander Lucius Twilight and Mary Jane Patterson? If you know, you are an excellent candidate for the “Jeopardy” category, “African-American firsts.”

May 30, 2007

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Offering a Helping Hand

“Dreams Deferred,” (see Feb. 22), is really the first comprehensive piece I’ve seen dealing with Alan Newton’s role…

March 21, 2007

HBCUs

Colleges Fail to Teach Students About America’s History, Says Report

According to a study commissioned by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and conducted by the University of Connecticut’s Department of Public Policy, seniors at some of the nation’s most respected institutions graduate knowing less about American history than they did when they arrived on campus.

September 26, 2006

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Media Cautioned About “Grading Higher Education”

WASHINGTON Annual media rankings of colleges don’t always provide enough information to help individual students pick the best school for them, said a panel of experts brought together Wednesday by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media.

September 20, 2006

Leadership & Policy

The Corporate Chancellor

Add the name Erroll B. Davis Jr. to the ever-growing list of chancellors who have been plucked from the world of business and industry…

September 6, 2006

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For Graduation Rates, Time to Carve a New Yardstick

In debates about accountability in higher education, few data points are as frequently misused as graduation rates…

July 26, 2006