Only 9 Percent of Black Male High School Graduates in New York City Are...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Expanded Success Initiative is investing $250,000 over 30 months in 40 different New York City high schools in an effort to address the poor academic performance of Black and Latino males.
The Top Undergraduate Feeder Institutions for Blacks Who Earn Scientific Doctorates
The National Science Foundation reports that between 2002 and 2011, 9,202 Blacks received doctorates in science and engineering fields. Howard University in Washington, D.C., was the leading undergraduate feeder institution for Blacks who earned doctorate in these fields.
New Academic Developments at Morgan State University
Historically Black Morgan State University in Baltimore is beginning a new Ph.D. in transportation and urban infrastructure systems. The university is also planning to hold a second commencement ceremony in December in addition to the regular event in May.
New Data on the Racial Gap in Degree Attainments
African Americans make up about 14 percent of all students enrolled in higher education but they are a far lower percentage of all degree earners. In the 2011-12 academic year, African Americans earned 10.1 percent of all degrees earned at four-year institutions.
Two HBCUs Enter Into a “Reverse Transfer Credit Agreement”
Students at Alabama A&M University, who took courses but did not complete a degree at J.F. Drake State Technical College, can use credits earned at Alabama A&M and use them towards an associate's degree at J.F. Drake.
The First Graduate of the UConn Medical School from the Rowe Health Scholars Program
The program, funded by the Aetna Foundation, is aimed at increasing the number of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups who pursue careers in the healthcare field.
Howard University Awards 96 Ph.D.s
This year, 16 Ph.D.s were awarded in engineering or the physical sciences. There were 31 Ph.D.s awarded in the arts and humanities, 25 in the biological and life sciences, and 24 in the social sciences.
North Carolina Central University Awards a Record Number of Degrees
At this spring's commencement ceremonies, North Carolina Central University in Durham awarded 712 bachelor's degrees, 246 master's degrees, and 162 law degrees. The total was the most in the university's history.
Xavier University Reports Success in Its “Out the Door in 4” Campaign
Of the 24 students that joined the program in 2009, seven graduated this May, another six are on pace to graduate in December or next May and five others are enrolled in the university's College of Pharmacy.
Twins Named Co-Valedictorians at Spelman College
Kirstie and Kristie Bronner both achieved perfect 4.0 grade point averages while earning bachelor's degrees in music. Both their mother and grandmother are Spelman College alumnae.
HBCUs Showing the Biggest Improvements in Black Student Graduation Rates
In 1998 the Black student graduation rate at Howard University in Washington, D.C., was 47 percent. Today, the latest graduation rate figures shows that 64 percent of entering students at Howard earn their degree within six years. This is an impressive 17 percentage point gain.
The Medical Schools With the Highest Percentage of Graduates Who Are Black
There are 12 predominantly White medical schools where Blacks made up at least 10 percent of the 2011 graduating class. There were nine medical schools in the United States in 2011 that did not graduate a single Black physician.
Black Students Making Progress at CUNY Colleges
Over the past 10 years the number of Black students transferring into the 11 senior colleges of the CUNY system has risen dramatically. Retention rates for Black first-year students have increased and the Black student graduation rate is up 14.4 percentage points.
Lydie Louis Will Earn Two Doctorates This Spring in Microelectronics and Photonics
Lydie Louis will make history this spring when she become the first student in the interdisciplinary microelectronics-photonics graduate program at the University of Arkansas to earn two Ph.D.s. She will be awarded doctorates from both the University of Arkansas and the Ecole Centrale Paris.
Predominantly White Medical Schools With the Most Black Graduates
Howard University, Meharry Medical College and Morehouse School of Medicine produce the most Black medical school graduates. Wayne State University in Detroit led all other predominantly White medical schools with 32 Black graduates in 2011.
The Top Feeder Schools for Black Medical Students
Howard University produced the most Black applicants to U.S. medical schools in 2011 but by a large margin Xavier University in New Orleans produced the most graduates who earned medical degrees.
Married Couple Awarded Ph.D.s on Same Day at the University of Lagos
Olusegun Samuel earned his Ph.D. in marine ecology with a concentration in ecotoxicology. Temitope Samuel's research focuses on dermatophyte, a group of fungi that causes skin diseases.
An Accounting of Minority Faculty in Business Programs
Since the inception of the PhD Project in 1994, the number of minority professors in business disciplines has increased from 294 to 1,172. There are currently 362 minority students in business doctoral programs in the United States.
Good News! More Than 5 Million African Americans Now Hold College Degrees
For Blacks over the age of 25 in 2012, 21.2 percent held a college degree. This is an increase from 19.9 percent in 2011. For Whites over the age of 25 in 2012, 34.5 percent held a college degree, up from 34.0 percent in 2011.
A Check-Up on Black Progress in Nursing Degree Programs
According to data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Black have made tremendous progress over the past decade in increasing their percentage of students in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in nursing.
Academic Disciplines Where African Americans Earned No Doctoral Degrees in 2011
There are a large number of specific academic disciplines where African Americans earn no doctoral degrees whatsoever.
A Decline in Doctoral Degree Awards for African Americans
The number of African Americans earning doctorates has declined in each of the past two years, after reaching an all-time high in 2009. Over the last decade, the percentage of all doctoral degree awards that were earned by Blacks has stagnated at close to 6 percent.
New Report Looks to Explain the Racial Gap in College Graduation Rates
A new report from the American Council on Education examines why Black and Hispanic students have significantly lower rates of degree attainment than other students at U.S. colleges and universities.
How Bans on Affirmative Action Impact Black Student College Graduation Rates
A new paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the graduation rates of minority students before and after the ban on race-sensitive admissions at state universities in California.
Grambling State University to Offer New Online Degree Program
The new online degree program is for students who have completed some college coursework but have dropped out of college without earning their degree.
Blacks Take Far Longer Than Whites to Earn Their Bachelor’s Degrees
For those who earned a bachelor's degree in the 2007-08 academic year, the average amount of time for Blacks to earn their degree was 98 months compared to 73.3 months for Whites. Nearly a quarter of Blacks took more than a decade to earn their bachelor's degree.
New Data Shows a Wide Racial Disparity in the GPAs of College Graduates
Whites were more than twice as likely as Blacks to graduate with grade point averages better than 3.5. Blacks were nearly three times as likely as Whites to graduate with a GPA of less than 2.5.
Black Male Excellence Network Working Wonders at the University of Alabama Birmingham
The graduation rate of Black male students who join the initiative is about twice the rate for Black men as a whole at the university.
Norfolk State University Looks to Boost Retention and Graduation Rates
The university hopes to raise the six-year graduation rate from 34 percent to 40 percent during the next five years. To help reach this goal, a student success center had been established on campus.
The Persisting Racial Gap in College Graduation Rates
The overall national graduation rate for Black students is 44 percent. This is 21 percentage points below the rate for White students.
The Racial Gap in College Student Graduation Rates
The data shows the overall graduation rate for White students entering college in 2005 was 60.2 percent. For Blacks, the graduation rate was 22.3 percentage points lower at 37.9 percent.
Addressing the Racial Divide in STEM Education
The data suggests that attracting Black students to STEM fields is not the problem but keeping them there is a major concern.
Two HBCUs Sign Business Degree Agreement
Students who complete an associate's degree at Southern University Shreveport can transfer to the bachelor's degree in business program at Grambling State University.
Black Degree Attainments in Engineering
In 2011, Blacks earned 4.2 percent of all bachelor’s degrees awarded in engineering. A decade ago in 2002, Blacks earned 5.4 percent of bachelor’s degrees in engineering.
In 2011, Blacks Earned 9.9 Percent of All Degrees Awarded by Four-Year Institutions
The data showed that Blacks earned 286,597 degrees at four-year institutions during the 2010-2011 academic year. This was slightly less than 10 percent of all degrees awarded.
The Significant Progress of Young African Americans in Degree Attainments
In 1980, less than one third of all Blacks, ages 25 to 29, had some college experience. Today, nearly 55 percent of African Americans in that age group have attended college.
