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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
Each year, "Diverse: Issues In Higher Education" publishes lists of the Top 100 producers of associate, bachelor's, and graduate degrees awarded to minority students based on research conducted by Dr. Victor M. H. Borden, professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Indiana University Bloomington. This article presents a…
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Minority Group Students, Journalism, Journalism Education
Stewart, Pearl – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
At San Diego State University, retention and graduation rates garner national attention. The author discusses SDSU's intensive efforts to improve its graduation and retention rates and to close the achievement gap. San Diego State has been lauded nationally for its success on closing the achievement gap. An article titled "Walking the Walk on…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, School Holding Power, Graduation Rate, Special Programs
Borden, Victor M. H. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
This article presents the Top 100 institutions that conferred the most bachelor's degrees to students of color in academic year 2010-2011. The data for this analysis are collected from all U.S. postsecondary institutions through the completions survey of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) maintained by the National Center…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Minority Groups, Bachelors Degrees, Institutional Characteristics
Watson, Jamal Eric – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
While many land-grant flagships strive to keep costs low for students, they have not been as successful in yielding high graduation rates, and, as a result, many students--including high numbers of Blacks and Latinos--fall through the cracks. Dr. Jose Cruz, the vice president for higher education, policy and practice at the Education Trust, a…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Student Financial Aid, Higher Education, Institutional Mission
Hawkins, B. Denise – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
Even on the sixth anniversary of the hurricane that buckled the Crescent City in 2005, left much of Xavier University of New Orleans under water and its faculty and students scattered by the rushing winds, Dr. JW Carmichael did not expect to be talking that morning about Katrina. For him it was a horrific storm that nearly drowned a hundred dreams…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, College Outcomes Assessment, Graduation Rate, African American Achievement
Borden, Victor M. H. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2010
Each year in the Top 100 series, researchers highlight the institutions that confer the most degrees to students of color. In this edition, they focus on the most prevalent degree conferred: the bachelor's degree. Among the types of colleges and universities that they examine--those that have Title IV status (recognized by the U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Bachelors Degrees, Graduation Rate, College Graduates