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Training for the Ph.D.

Training for the Ph.D.National conference brings together first-generation college students on the road to a doctoral degreeBy Cassie ChewCOLLEGE PARK, Md.From as early as the third grade, Kimberly Sellers knew she wanted to earn a doctoral degree. So year after year, when her father brought home the issue of Black Issues In Higher Education listing […]

April 7, 2004

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Iowa Wesleyan Uses Personal Touch to Attract Minority Students

Iowa Wesleyan Uses Personal Touch to Attract Minority Students MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa Iowa Wesleyan College, a private institution in the southeastern part of the state, has attracted a record number of minority students. Despite the college’s location in a small, predominantly White community, nearly 21 percent of the school’s 482 full-time students are minorities this […]

December 20, 2000