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New Study: Hispanic Students Lack Parental Involvement in College Decision-making

Parents of minority students are less likely to be involved in college-related decision-making with their children than their White counterparts, a new survey by the Higher Education Research Institute indicates.

January 23, 2008

Students

Study Notes College-access Barriers Faced By Asian American Students

Despite the pervasive “model-minority” myth of overachieving Asian Americans easily getting into U.S. colleges and universities, a study at the University of California, Los Angeles has found that more Asian American students are facing problems in accessing higher education opportunities than ever before.

October 10, 2007

HBCUs

The top 100: interpreting the data – students of color

For the seventh consecutive year, the publishers of Black Issues have asked me to to produce lists of the institutions that confer the largest number of degrees to students of color in the United States. These simple lists are presented with the objective of bringing national attention to those institutions that contribute, in raw numbers, to the educational attainment of members of ethnic and racial minorities.

July 12, 2007

Community Colleges

The road oft taken – transfer-student figures difficult to track

School-by-school, state-by-state, the evidence is sketchy but tends toward the same direction: more and more four-year college students are beginning their higher education careers at community colleges.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Virginia Tech spearheads HBCU computer consortium – Virginia Polytechnic Institute; historically black colleges and universities

Dr. Joyce Williams-Green knows from direct experience that using computers in the classroom can be daunting for both students and faculty.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Central State hires new president, fires one-sixth of faculty – Central State University’s John W. Garland

WILBERFORCE, Ohio Fighting to overcome a political and financial crisis that nearly forced the school to close this summer, Central State University has hired a new president and terminated nineteen faculty members.

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

Students

The meaning of the numbers – Black Issues in Higher Education’s sixth annual Top 100 rankings of minority college graduates

The analysis of degrees conferred to students of color in the United States continues this year with the simple objective of bringing national attention to those institutions that contribute, in raw numbers, to the educational attainment of members of ethnic and racial minorities.

July 10, 2007

Students

Report: First-generation Black Freshmen Drop in Four-Year Colleges

The number of first-generation Black students entering four-year colleges dropped by almost two-thirds between 1971 and 2005, according to new data collected by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the University of California, Los Angeles.

June 7, 2007

HBCUs

HBCU Students More Civic Oriented, Says Survey

A new survey says 79 percent of students attending historically Black colleges and universities highly value civic concerns, and more than half (52.7 percent) say “becoming a community leader” is an “essential” or “very important” goal. By comparison, only 35.2 percent of all students held such a view.

January 20, 2007

MSIs

Perspectives: Strengthening The Effectiveness Of Minority-Serving Institutions

In 2001, Spelman College received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a project to improve the quality of the institutional research enterprise throughout the campus. What we learned from that effort should be of interest to any institution seeking to demonstrate its commitment to high educational standards and achievement for students.

October 31, 2006

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Carolane Williams has been named president of Baltimore City Community College, becoming the first Black woman to hold that position. She earned an associate degree from Olive-Harvey College, a bachelor’s from Chicago State University, a master’s from Troy State University and a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Charles Abasa-Nyarko has […]

September 6, 2006