Tracking Graduation Rates at HBCUs
The student graduation rate at almost all historically Black colleges and universities is below 50 percent. And the trend is not encouraging.
The student graduation rate at almost all historically Black colleges and universities is below 50 percent. And the trend is not encouraging.
Four teenage friends all became pregnant in high school. But they vowed that by supporting each other and through dedication to hard work and education, they would succeed. Soon they will all hold MBA degrees.
For the 19th consecutive year, JBHE publishes the results of its annual survey of entering Black students at the nation’s leading research universities.
Amherst College had led the rankings for five years in a row. This year, Williams College ties Amherst for the top spot.
The U.S. Department of Education recently released data on the success rate of the cohort of students who entered higher education in the fall of 2003.
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An audiotape of the 1961 speech that no one had heard for 50 years was found in the university’s archives.
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The advent of Black History Month unfortunately often coincides with a rise in racial incidents on campus.
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A history scholar, he taught at the University of Southern California from 1982 to 2008.
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The three-day conference will be held in April and will be highlighted by a keynote address from poet and Yale University scholar Elizabeth Alexander.
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He had taught engineering at the University of Denver since 1987.
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The fund supports 11 historically Black colleges and universities with ties to the church.
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He was a longtime professor and administrator at North Carolina State University.
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Here is this week’s news of grants won by historically black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
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The program is designed for students to complete course work in about 18 months while continuing to work full-time.
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The committee will develop recommendations for strategies to attract people of color and women to positions in which they have historically been underrepresented.
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The groups are developing a credentialing examination for software developers that eventually they hope to roll out worldwide.
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On February 12, pastors will discuss the importance of higher education and information will be available to church members about the 16 colleges that make up the system.
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Brandon Brown, Zina McGee, Roderick McDavis, and Rosie Phillips Bingham win prestigious awards.
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She was professor emerita at Indiana University and the first Black woman to perform for a major U.S. opera company.
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From time to time, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
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The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
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