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Alumni Giving To HBCUs Declined in 2007

Charitable contributions to colleges and universities increased in 2007, while alumni giving decreased, including a 6 percent drop at historically Black colleges and universities, according to a report released by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE).

February 20, 2008

High Teacher Absences Hurting Learning

WASHINGTON A year is a long time in a child’s education – the time it can take to learn cursive writing or beginning algebra. It is also how much time kids can spend with substitute teachers from kindergarten through high school – time that is all but lost for learning.

January 16, 2008

Hispanic Just the Stats: Picking the Right College

A college education is becoming more of the norm than in the past. However, choosing the right college or university setting can be a challenge, especially for students in minority- groups.

January 8, 2008

State Postsecondary Education Research

Growth in Minority Student Enrollment Gives Rise to More MSIs

More minority undergraduate students are enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities than ever, and more of them are choosing minority-serving institutions such as historically Black colleges and universities, Asian-serving institutions and Hispanic-serving institutions.

December 26, 2007

Analysts Forecast Boom In Minority College Enrollment

Minority enrollment at postsecondary institutions is slated to see some significant increases over the next 10 years, analysts say. It is projected to increase 140 percent between 2005, the last year of actual data, and 2016, according to moderate projections by researchers at the National Center for Education Statistics.

December 18, 2007

Public School Crime Down, But It’s Still More Dangerous For Black, Hispanic Children

The percentage of public schools experiencing incidents of crime was lower in 2005 than in 2003. In 2003, 65 percent of schools reported crimes to the police compared to 61 percent of schools in 2005, the latest year analyzed by the National Center for Education Statistics.

December 3, 2007

Just the Stats: Fewer Hispanics Study Music Than Other Groups

Hispanics are less likely than their minority peers to participate in music education throughout their lifetime, and yet they earn the most music degrees, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

November 20, 2007

Just the Stats: Fewer Hispanics Study Music Than Other Groups

Hispanics are less likely than their minority peers to participate in music education throughout their lifetime, and yet they earn the most music degrees, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

November 20, 2007

Study: Student Loan Default Rates Highest Among Minorities

A new analysis of National Center for Education Statistics data shows high student loan default rates for Black and Hispanic students, students who leave college with a heavy debt burden and college graduates who take low-paying jobs.

October 23, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Disappearing Acts: The Vanishing Black Male On Community College Campuses

Many consider community colleges “open door” institutions, denoting their unique role of providing an affordable and quality education for the masses.

August 22, 2007

Charting journalism degrees

The data for this study come from the United Stated Department of Education. It is collected through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) program completers survey conducted by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). The survey requests data on the number of degrees and other formal awards conferred in academic, vocational, and continuing professional education programs. Institutions report their data according to the Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes developed by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). CIP codes provide a common set of categories allowing comparisons across all colleges and universities.

July 13, 2007

The top 100: interpreting the data – students of color

For the seventh consecutive year, the publishers of Black Issues have asked me to to produce lists of the institutions that confer the largest number of degrees to students of color in the United States. These simple lists are presented with the objective of bringing national attention to those institutions that contribute, in raw numbers, to the educational attainment of members of ethnic and racial minorities.

July 12, 2007

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