Cornell University Outlines a New Agenda on Diversity
President David Skorton is mounting a concerted effort to increase diversity among students, staff, and faculty and to create better opportunities for veterans and the disabled.
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Feb 15, 2012 | 0 comments
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The University of Phoenix Is a Pillar of African American Higher Education
Blacks make up 17.7 percent of undergraduate students, 22 percent of graduate students, and 18.6 percent of the faculty.
New Princeton University Committee Aims to Identify Ways to Enhance Diversity
The committee will develop recommendations for strategies to attract people of color and women to positions in which they have historically been underrepresented.
Feb 02, 2012 | 0 comments
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Kentucky Community Colleges Going to Church to Recruit Minority Students
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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Purdue Reports a Shrinking Racial Gap in Retention Rates
In the past five years the racial gap has shrunk from 11 percentage points to almost nothing.
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 comments
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Improving the Black Student Graduation Rate at the University of Arkansas
More than 300 first-generation college students at the University of Arkansas are enrolled in a program where they receive academic, personal, career, and financial advice.
Jan 20, 2012 | 0 comments
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Middlebury College Adds a Second Posse of Low-Income Students
Since 1998 Middlebury College in Vermont has been admitting and offering full-tuition scholarships to a posse of students from New York City high schools. The college is now adding a second posse from Chicago public schools.
A Surge of Black Applicants at the University of California
The 5,692 Black applicants represent a 17.5 percent increase from a year ago.
Jan 13, 2012 | 2 comments
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The College Enrollment Rates of the Children of Native-Born and Immigrant Black Families
Children in Black families who immigrated to the United States are more likely to enroll in selective colleges than the children of White and native-born Black families.
Jan 12, 2012 | 0 comments
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Proposed Legislation Would Require D.C. High School Students to Take the SAT or ACT
They would also have to fill out an application to a college or trade school in order to graduate from high school.
Scholar Asserts That Low Levels of Education Funding Are Causing an African Brain Drain
Maxwell M. Mkwezalamba, director of economic affairs for the African Union Commission, states that prompt action is necessary to stem the tide.
A Big Jump in the Black Student Acceptance Rate at Oxford
Yet only 1.3 percent of all students accepted for admission are Black.
Dec 24, 2011 | 0 comments
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Nineteen African Americans Admitted Early to Williams College
They make up 8 percent of all students accepted under the college’s early decision plan.
Dec 23, 2011 | 0 comments
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Almost No Progress in Increasing Black Enrollments at Berkeley
The number of Black first-year students increased slightly, but the Black percentage of the entering class is smaller than in 2010.
Dec 18, 2011 | 0 comments
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Wayne State University Considering Tougher Admission Standards
Only 10 percent of the Black students who enrolled at Wayne State in 2004, earned a bachelor’s degree at the university by 2010.
Dec 18, 2011 | 0 comments
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University of Delaware Mounts Effort to Increase Racial Diversity
Blacks are just 5 percent of the undergraduate student body and 4 percent of the faculty but 21 percent of the state’s population.
New Center for Inclusive Excellence Established at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
African Americans make up 35 percent of the first-year class at the university.
Dec 09, 2011 | 0 comments
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Students From Black Africa at U.S. Colleges and Universities
In 2011 there were 36,690 Africans studying in the United States. They made up 5.1 percent of all foreign students in the U.S., down from 6.1 percent four years ago.
Dec 08, 2011 | 2 comments
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Graduate School of the University of Washington Seeking to Boost Minority Enrollments
Less than 10 percent of the graduate students are minorities while minorities make up 24 percent of the state’s population.
Nov 27, 2011 | 0 comments
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Stanford Struggles to Increase the Number of African American Graduate Students
The percentage of Blacks in the Class of 2015 at Stanford is triple the percentage of African Americans in the university’s graduate schools.
Nov 24, 2011 | 0 comments
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At West Virginia University, Black Enrollments Exceed Parity With the Black Percentage of the State’s Population
Black enrollments are up 7.7 percent this year compared to an overall increase of just over one percent.
Nov 24, 2011 | 0 comments
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A Surge in Black Applicants in New Non-Binding Early Action Admissions Programs
Both the University of Virginia and Harvard University report large increases in black early applicants from four years ago.
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 comments
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Blacks Make Up a Large Share of College Students With Military Service Credentials
Veterans and active duty or reserve military personnel make up 4 percent of all students in higher education.
Nov 20, 2011 | 0 comments
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University of Florida Seeks to Increase Racial Diversity in Its Doctoral Programs
The HBCU-UF Master’s to Ph.D. Pathway Project targets high performing master’s degree students at historically black colleges and universities.
Nov 18, 2011 | 0 comments
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University of Michigan Releases Black Enrollment Data
Official counts of black students have declined but the numbers may be a bit deceiving.
