NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Cooper, Kenneth J. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
Elite colleges and universities have encountered criticism because students from upscale families have come to dominate the schools' Black enrollments. African-American alumni of an earlier generation and other critics want more low-income students admitted. National studies, though, show that only a small percentage of high school seniors from…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Private Colleges, Poverty
Borden, Victor M. H. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2009
The Top 100 degree tables published in this edition of Diverse, and the many more detailed tables included on the Diverse Web site, delineate the institutions that have conferred the most master's, doctoral and first professional degrees to students of color in academic year 2007-2008. Each table shows the number of degrees for a specific minority…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Minority Groups, Higher Education, Graduate Study
Forde, Dana – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2008
When North Carolina native Evan Raleigh was in search of the perfect college, he had three things in mind: (1) the strength of the school's academic reputation; (2) the size of the school; and (3) the school's location and proximity to home. He found all three in the form of Wake Forest University. But Raleigh, who received a full academic…
Descriptors: Mentors, Reputation, Credits, Minority Groups