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Black Enrollees at HBCUs More Likely to Obtain Bachelor’s Degrees

Insight Into Diversity

million Black students who took the SAT between 2004 and 2010. This trend in part is due to the increased likelihood of HBCU students pursuing high-earning majors, such as those in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields.

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HBCU Conference Connects Secondary to Postsecondary

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million Black students who took the SAT between 2004 and 2010, revealed that students who enrolled at an HBCU were 14.6 A 2023 report by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, studying almost 1.2 percentage points more likely to graduate than their counterparts.

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

López took on another mentor role as assistant director of UT Austin’s University Outreach Centers in Houston after graduating in 2004 with bachelor’s degrees in ethnic studies (Mexican American studies) and Spanish (Hispanic studies). "My TRIO programs supported my path toward college,” says López. At Boulder, where she holds a Ph.D.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Dr. John Hope Franklin Award was created in 2004 to pay tribute to Franklin, a historian, writer, educator, and humanitarian who made significant contributions to shaping the perspective of American history in the 20th century. He had a big influence on me because he had an interest in things scientific and technological,” Jackson said.

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President moves: Hired, fired, retired and one unexpected loss after a 19-year tenure

University Business

Retired Rich Wagner – Dunwoody College of Technology President Rich Wagner is calling his number at Dunwoody College of Technology, concluding an era defined by resiliency and growth. prayer service, Sister Candace entered eternal life,” the post read. We are a hands-on industrial school.

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Is Academic Scholarship Stagnating?

Inside Higher Ed

Not by admissions selectivity or even by their contribution to social mobility, but, rather, their impact on the growth of knowledge and technological and scientific advancement? Contributing to this ethos is an engineering, hands-on mind-set. Blog: Higher Ed Gamma What if we ranked universities not by inputs but by outputs?

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

” As part of the analysis, researchers looked at whether humanities programs were less likely to grow relative to programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. percent for 236 new programs for engineering, engineering-related technologies and technicians, similar to a 39.1