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Bogus Degree Sale Scheme Hits New York City college

NEW YORK Teachers, students and administrators tampered with a private college’s computer system to change grades and create fake degrees for money, prosecutors charged Monday. Among the fake degrees given were those for physicians’ assistants, they said.

July 18, 2007

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Touro College Physician Assistant Program Under Fire

NEW YORK The warning from the district attorney was strong: Be careful if you’re considering hiring a physician assistant who recently graduated from Touro College. A former administrator and nine others were indicted in connection with a scheme to falsify grades and degrees, including for physician assistants.

July 17, 2007

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Soldier in Iraq Uses Computer, Friends to Stay in College

MIAMI Juan Ramos hunkers down in Army barracks just outside Saddam Hussein’s hometown, hoping insurgent fire doesn’t interrupt his online biology class.

July 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Black Geoscientists: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

African American earth scientists ponder strategies to attract more students of color to a field with growing opportunities

July 14, 2007

HBCUs

The surging degree wave

As the number of White students receiving college degrees has stayed steady for the last five years, the number of African American, Hispanic. Asian. and Native American degree recipients has soared.

July 12, 2007

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Sisters in science – few African American women in science programs

More African American women participate in higher education than African American men, and the gap is widening. In 1995, there were 556,000 African American men enrolled as students in all institutions of higher education at all levels of matriculation, compared to 918,000 African American women. The growth in the number of African American women also exceeded the growth rate among African American men.

July 12, 2007

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Just the Stats: Top 100 Popular Disciplines By Race, Gender

As encouraging as the numbers of minorities earning advanced degrees may have been, gender differences across racial lines continue to persist at the master’s and doctoral levels.

July 12, 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

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Why we should worry about the numbers – The Last Word – Column

An elderly African American woman once said to me, “Son, we must always worry about our freedom. If we don’t, we will look up and our freedom will be gone.” Reflecting on the current status of African Americans in higher education, her words remain quite appropriate.

July 11, 2007

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Zimbabwean President Mugabe Faces Rebukes, Retraction of Honorary Degrees

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe — once honored as one of the world’s leading human rights activists by universities in the United States and England — is now being reprimanded in those countries as one of the world’s worst human rights villains.

July 11, 2007

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Top 100 Graduate Degree Producers

Joy, uncertainty, sadness and feelings of accomplishment are just a few of the things graduates feel when walking across the stage to accept their diploma.

July 11, 2007

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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