Tag: Academic Degrees: Page 28

Students

Perspectives: Boosting Criminal Justice Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

African Americans make up about 45 percent of the prison population, but fewer than 200 minorities hold doctorates in criminology. HBCUs provide the perfect environment for nurturing minority criminologists, but they need resources.

May 13, 2007

Students

Online Degrees Increasingly Gaining Acceptance Among Employers

Skills, experience and reputation of school are more important factors.

April 4, 2007

Native Americans

Recognizing Tribally Centered Cultures

Morehouse is expanding its admissions process to include interviews of all serious candidates. The school says it won’t make a decision on anyone until the prospective student has had a conversation — either in person or over the phone — with a school official or an alumnus who has been through recruitment training.

March 21, 2007

International

Degree Discrimination?

India’s three-year undergraduate degrees seem to provide a solid academic foundation – but there is no consensus among U.S. graduate schools as to whether these degrees are any more or less acceptable than Europe’s “Bologna process” degrees, which are also completed in three years.

March 14, 2007

Students

Access to College Means Access To Economic Mobility for America’s Underserved

At Baruch College, we use the phrase “the American Dream” a great deal. Indeed, as one of the most diverse institutions of higher education in the country…

March 7, 2007

International

Degree Discrimination?

Last fall, the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C., hosted a workshop on the Bologna undergraduate degrees in Europe…

March 7, 2007

Community Colleges

Dreams Deferred?

Wrongly imprisoned, Alan Newton advises students in CUNY’s Black Male Initiative. So why is a civil rights group trying to stop him?

February 21, 2007

HBCUs

For-Profit Schools Popular Destination For Minorities

A disproportionate percentage of degrees from proprietary colleges go to Black and Hispanic graduates

February 7, 2007

Community Colleges

NYC Community College Program Puts Emphasis on Graduation

In his annual “State of the City” address, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that the city would spend $20 million over three years to fund a new City University of New York program aimed at helping students in community colleges graduate and find jobs.

January 25, 2007

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JB Gets His Degree

Most of the “Godfather of Soul” James Brown’s education came through life experience. But his achievements were recognized by Paine College, which awarded him an honorary degree in January, shortly after his death.

January 24, 2007

HBCUs

For-Profit Schools Popular Destination for Minorities

A disproportionate percentage of degrees from proprietary colleges go to Black and Hispanic graduates. While Black students earned 8.9 percent of bachelor’s degrees in the United States during the 2004-2005 academic year, they accounted for 15 percent (20,070) of the degrees conferred by proprietaries.

January 22, 2007

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Just the Stats: Minorities Show Slow Progress in Science and Engineering Degree Attainment

African Americans, Hispanics and American Indians continue to be under-represented in science and engineering degree attainment, collectively earning 16 percent of bachelor’s degrees, 11 percent of master’s and barely 6 percent of doctorates for the same period, according to a report released Wednesday.

January 2, 2007