Tag: Degree Attainment: Page 17

Students

Graduation Rates Drop As Schools Take On More Low-income Students

Graduation rates drop systematically as the size of an institution’s low-income student population increases, even at selective four-year colleges and universities, according to a recently released report from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics.

November 28, 2006

Latinx

ACE Report On Minorities Cites Enrollment Gains, Retention Problems

College enrollment of Hispanic students jumped nearly 70 percent between 1994-2004 while the number of Blacks earning bachelor’s degrees in computer science and other science fields increased dramatically, according to a report released today on the status of minorities in higher education.

October 29, 2006

STEM

The Top 100 Interpreting the Data

Substantial growth continues in both the number and percentage of students of color obtaining master’s…

July 12, 2006

Students

Report: College Enrollment Gender Gap Widens for White, Hispanic Students

The gap between White and Hispanic undergraduates has widened, according to a new gender equity study released Tuesday by the American Council on Education.

July 11, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Franklin Symposium: Black Achievement Suffers Because of Inadequate Relationships With Teachers

In this city, now unfortunately famous for an elite university’s lacrosse team party that may or may not have gotten out of hand, sits two high schools under a judge’s threat of closure because not enough students appear to be on track to attend any college, much less Duke.

June 18, 2006

Home

The Top 100: Interpreting The Data

Does a 5 percent annual percentage increase seem like a healthy rate of growth….

May 31, 2006

Faculty & Staff

In Historic First, Four African-Americans Earn Math Ph.D.s at Ole Miss

The University of Mississippi will become the first American college or university to graduate four African-American students with doctorates in mathematics at one commencement this weekend.

May 11, 2006

Latinx

New Report Details Enrollment, Graduation Trends

Hispanic-serving institutions have realized significant gains, both in numbers and importance, as a growing Latino population increasingly seeks greater access to higher education…

April 5, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Salaries of Scientists and Engineers Outpace Inflation, Says Report

Starting salary offers to new baccalaureate college graduates showed healthy increases in 2005…

December 21, 2005

Community Colleges

University of California, California State Reach

Schools under the California State University umbrella would be able to grant their first independent doctorate degrees Story:

July 27, 2005

Latinx

Chicanos With Doctorates Attend Community Colleges

Nearly one-fourth of Chicanos with doctorates first attend a community college Story:

July 27, 2005

Community Colleges

University of California, California State Reach

Schools under the California State University umbrella would be able to grant their first independent doctorate degrees under an agreement with the University of California. Story:

July 27, 2005