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Chicanos With Doctorates Attend Community Colleges

Nearly one-fourth of Chicanos with doctorates first attend a community college, more than two times the overall rate for all doctorates Story:

July 27, 2005

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Graduate Culture

Most Americans are the descendants of immigrants who risked everything to come to this country to chase Story:

July 13, 2005

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TADA! and the PhD Project Unite to Help Students Complete Doctoral Degrees

TADA! and the PhD Project Unite to Help Students Complete Doctoral DegreesBy Ronald RoachPHOENIXA Phoenix-based software development company has announced a collaboration with the acclaimed PhD Project that will provide instructional software to minority students with the aim of helping them complete master’s theses and dissertations. The software, TADA! or Thesis and Dissertation Accomplished, is […]

March 23, 2005

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Black Male Achievement And the Community College

Black Male Achievement And the Community CollegeBy Dr. Edward C. Bush and Dr. Lawson Bush The two-year college often represents Black men’s first experience with postsecondary education, and for many, their last opportunity for obtaining a degree beyond a high-school diploma. Yet a review of student performance data provided by the California chancellor’s office for […]

February 23, 2005

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Reforms Needed to Boost Graduation Rates, Educators Tell Congress

Reforms Needed to Boost Graduation Rates, Educators Tell CongressBy Peggy OrchowskiAmerica’s college graduation rates need a shot in the arm, according to educators who recently discussed the renewal of the Higher Education Act with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Without reforms, the educators agreed, the country’s future is in danger.“Today, (only) 63 percent of students who […]

August 11, 2004

Native Americans

The Top 100: Interpreting the Data

The Top 100: Interpreting the DataBy Dr. Victor M. H. Borden and Pamela C. BrownEarning a bachelor’s degree marks the end of the college experience for many students of color, but for others it is only the beginning. Those who hope to become a doctor, a lawyer or a college professor know that their undergraduate […]

July 28, 2004

HBCUs

Is there a Doctorate In the House?

Is there a Doctorate In the House?In the battle to increase the numbers of African American Ph.D.s in science, technology and engineering, the nation may just have a secret weapon: historically Black colleges and universities. The statement may sound improbable. After all, only a handful of the nation’s HBCUs offer doctoral programs. And education has […]

July 28, 2004

HBCUs

Slow and Steady

Slow and SteadySurmounting difficult terrain to achieve meaningful success — whether one pursues a Ph.D. or takes a leadership position at a college or university — represents an underlying theme of our annual Top 100 graduate school issue. In this year’s edition, we capture compelling portraits of both struggle and accomplishment as we present the […]

July 28, 2004

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Women Reap More Benefits From Higher Education, Study Finds

Women Reap More Benefits From Higher Education, Study FindsBy Patricia TroumpoucisCOLLEGE PARK, Md.Higher education offers a variety of benefits, both economic and non-economic, and women seem to reap much bigger economic benefits from earning an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree than their male counterparts, according to a new study. The study’s author said this […]

June 30, 2004

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A Void Yet to Fill

A Void Yet to FillWhen Black Issues In Higher Education was being created a little more than 20 years ago, none of us associated with it could have anticipated what this magazine would eventually become. Over the years, however, it has changed and grown into something that makes all of us very proud and thankful.Black […]

June 16, 2004

HBCUs

The Top 100:Interpreting the Data

The Top 100:Interpreting the DataBy Dr. Victor M. H. Borden and Pamela C. BrownThe current year, 2004, marks a monumental year in higher education for students of color. This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, which declared racial segregation in public education settings unconstitutional. Despite the gains […]

June 2, 2004

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Training for the Ph.D.

Training for the Ph.D.National conference brings together first-generation college students on the road to a doctoral degreeBy Cassie ChewCOLLEGE PARK, Md.From as early as the third grade, Kimberly Sellers knew she wanted to earn a doctoral degree. So year after year, when her father brought home the issue of Black Issues In Higher Education listing […]

April 7, 2004