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JBHE Study Shows Significant Increase in Black Freshmen at the Nation's Highly Ranked Colleges and Universities --- A report by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education finds that enrollment of black freshmen at the nation's highly ranked universities and liberal arts colleges continues to rise. Combined, the number of black freshmen at these institutions has increased by nearly 10 percent since 1994. Doctoral Degree Awards to African Americans Reach Another All-Time High --- In 2004 African Americans earned 1,869 doctoral degrees. This number has increased more than 9 percent from a year ago. Black doctorates now stand at the highest level in history. Since 1980 Black Enrollments Have Increased at All But a Few of the Nation's Highest-Ranked Colleges and Universities --- In the mid- to late 1960s the nation's major colleges and universities began to make strong commitments to increase the number of blacks in their student bodies. Over the past quarter-century there have been further gains. Yet there are notable laggards. Almost No Black Economists at the Nation's Highest-Ranked Universities --- A dozen years ago a JBHE survey counted 11 black economists teaching at the nation's 25 highest-ranked universities. Today there are 13 black economists at these 25 leading universities. | |
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• A Solid Percentage of Black Students at U.S. Colleges and Universities Are Foreign Born • JBHE's Annual Citation Ranking of Black Scholars in the Social Sciences • Classic Films on the Black Experience • The Golden Age of Howard University: Who's Who Among Black Intellectuals, 1950 • Black Faculty as a Percentage of Total Faculty in Various Academic Disciplines • Close Up in Black: University Professor Assembles a Major Collection of Movie Posters of Black Films • Let's Not Forget: Colin Powell's Huge Contribution in the Struggle to Save Affirmative Action • Ironies in a Perfect Storm: Larry Summers' Gaffes Brought Greater Racial and Gender Diversity to the Harvard Corporation • Harvard Without Summers: Harvard's New President Will Set the Stage for Black Opportunities at America's Leading Colleges and Universities • Why Black Voters Need to Defeat the Public Referendum to End Affirmative Action in Admissions at the University of Michigan • Among the 30 Highest-Ranked Universities, the University of Michigan Enrolls the Largest Number of Black Students • Blacks Now Hold Nearly Nine Percent of All University Trustee Positions • Reduced Cigarette Smoking May Be a Side Benefit of Higher Education for African Americans • The Worsening Racial Scoring Gap in SAT-II Subject Test Results • High-Ranking Universities That Hold Classes on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday • When Black High School Students Fear for Their Safety, Preparing for College Has a Low Priority • In 2005 Harvard Was Shut Out of Rhodes Scholarships: But Two Black Students From the United States Won Awards • Why JBHE Is Not JAAHE • CalTech's Inferior Performance in Attracting Black Students and Faculty • The Wealthiest Universities Are Enrolling the Fewest Low-Income Students • Black Women Now Hold a Large Lead Over Black Men in Enrollments at the Nation's Highest-Ranked Law Schools • The Growing List of Colleges That Have Rejected the Use of the SAT • Checking the Progress of Blacks at the U.S. Military Academies • The Wall Street Tycoon Who Keeps on Giving to Black Higher Education • Students at Black Colleges and Universities Rate Their Professors • Savage Declines in Black Enrollments at Community Colleges in California • At Most Black Colleges the Application Essay Is a Piece of Cake • The States Are Being More Generous to Black Colleges Than Is Uncle Sam • When Georgia Tech Made a Decision That Changed College Football Forever • Paul Wolfowitz's Early African Challenge: New Policy in Chad to Reduce Funds for Education Programs • The Hampton University Class of 1875 • Coretta Scott King: The First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement
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