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Faculty & Staff

Engineering, Computer Science Graduates

Engineering, Computer Science Graduates See Salary IncreaseWASHINGTONDespite talk of an economic slowdown, 2000-2001 bachelor’s graduates in engineering, computer science and many other fields continue to receive higher starting salary offers compared to last year’s graduates, according to a recent report by the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology. Computer engineering graduates took top dollar, […]

July 18, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Cal State Seeks Education Doctorate to Meet Growing Student Population

Cal State Seeks Education Doctorate to Meet Growing Student PopulationLONG BEACH, Calif. After 41 years of producing many of California’s teachers, the nation’s largest public university system wants to help address the state’s education crisis by offering doctorates in that field. California State University does not independently offer education doctorates, which some experts see as […]

April 11, 2001

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U.S. Research Universities Report Drop in the Number of Doctorates

U.S. Research Universities Report Drop in the Number of Doctorates For the first time in 14 years, the number of doctorates awarded by American research universities fell in 1999, according to a national study released last month. A total of 41,140 doctorates were awarded by American universities in 1999, down 3.6 percent from the previous […]

February 28, 2001

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ACE Study Examines Gender Enrollment, Achievement Gap

ACE Study Examines Gender Enrollment, Achievement Gap While male students of color lag behind their female peers in educational attainment, the widely publicized “crisis” in male college enrollment is really no crisis, according to a report recently released by the American Council on Education.“Gender Equity in Higher Education: Are Male Students at a Disadvantage?” examines […]

December 6, 2000

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Colorado Math Professor Tries to Solve Minority Ph.D. Equation

Colorado Math Professor Tries to Solve Minority Ph.D. EquationBOULDER, Colo. A University of Colorado math professor has been honored for working to increase diversity among Colorado’s doctoral recipients in five years. Dr. James Curry, professor of applied mathematics, was selected to receive the 2000 Boulder County Community Action Program multicultural award in the category of […]

October 11, 2000

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Report Focuses on Impact of Surging Enrollments

Report Focuses on Impact of Surging EnrollmentsThe surging enrollments in primary and secondary schools will begin to make an impact on colleges and universities within a few years, officials at the U.S. Department of Education say in their annual back-to-school report.A record 53 million students will be in public and private K-12 schools this fall, […]

September 13, 2000

Students

Double Standard Reform

Double Standard ReformReports abound across the country of ex-welfare mothers who can’t make ends meet. Booted out of a system they depended on for so long, many lack the skills necessary to secure gainful employment despite taking training programs the federal government mandated nearly four years ago. That was back when reforming the system was […]

August 2, 2000

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Some Top 100 Perspective

Some Top 100 PerspectivePublishing these Top 100 editions each year is a daunting undertaking: Proofing and correcting the charts is an overwhelming task. School names have to be double checked and sometimes cut for space.When more than one institution graduates the same amount of students, we have to go in and break the ties.But the […]

July 5, 2000

HBCUs

The Top 100: Interpreting the Data

The Top 100: Interpreting the DataFor the ninth consecutive year, we present to you one of the simplest and most compelling rankings of higher education data: listings of the institutions that confer the most postsecondary degrees to students of color. As with any ranking publication, we have our critics, many of whom bring up valid […]

July 5, 2000

Students

More Doctorates in the House

More Doctorates in the HouseExperts explain what’s working  in postgraduate programs at HBCUs and TWIsWASHINGTON — The upward trend for African American postgraduate degree attainment remains constant. From 1992-93 through 1997-98, African American master’s degree attainment rose 8.6 percent overall and 9.7 percent at historically Black colleges and universities. Degree attainment for African Americans at […]

July 5, 2000

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The Top 100: Interpreting the Data

The Top 100: Interpreting the DataFor the ninth consecutive year, we present to you one of the simplest and most compelling rankings of higher education data: listings of the institutions that confer the most postsecondary degrees to students of color. As with any ranking publication, we have our critics, many of whom bring up valid points […]

June 21, 2000

Students

The William H. Gray III College Completion Challenge Grant Program

The William H. Gray III College Completion Challenge Grant ProgramCongress makes the following findings:1. Students from low-income families are significantly more likely to leave a four-year institution of higher education without a baccalaureate degree than are students with higher incomes.2. Even among students with above-average grades, low-income students are still more likely to leave a […]

March 29, 2000