Record Black First-Year Enrollments at the University of Kentucky
There are 555 African American first-year students on campus this fall. Blacks make up 11.8 percent of the entering class. This percentage is particularly impressive given the fact that Blacks are just 8 percent of the state's population.
Proposal Would Allow North Carolina HBCUs to Admit More Out-of-State Students
The five state-operated HBCUs in North Carolina are permitted to enroll no more than 18 percent of new first-year students from outside the state. The new proposal would allow these schools to enroll up to 30 percent of their new students from outside North Carolina.
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.
A Check-Up on Black Enrollments and Graduates of U.S. Medical Schools
While the number of African American enrollments in U.S. medical schools increased by nearly 8 percent over the past decade, the Black percentage of all medical school enrollments has decreased.
Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities
For the sixth year in a row, Columbia University in New York City has the highest percentage of Black first-year students among the 30 highest-ranking universities in the nation.
Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges
Wesleyan University leads our rankings with 85 Black freshmen at the college this year (11.3 percent of the entering class).
New Program Will Help Teens From Low-Income Families Prepare for College
Alvernia University in Reading, Pennsylvania, has established a four-year program of tutoring, coaching, and mentoring to help hundreds of low-income teens prepare for college. Some will receive full scholarships to Alvernia.
A Check-Up on Black First-Year Medical Students
Brown University, Florida State University, and Florida Atlantic University reveal the racial make-up of their entering medical school classes.
Middlebury College Adds a Second Posse of Low-Income Students
Since 1998 Middlebury College in Vermont has been admitting and offering full-tuition scholarships to a posse of students from New York City high schools. The college is now adding a second posse from Chicago public schools.
A Big Jump in the Black Student Acceptance Rate at Oxford
Yet only 1.3 percent of all students accepted for admission are Black.
Nineteen African Americans Admitted Early to Williams College
They make up 8 percent of all students accepted under the college's early decision plan.
New Center for Inclusive Excellence Established at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
African Americans make up 35 percent of the first-year class at the university.
At West Virginia University, Black Enrollments Exceed Parity With the Black Percentage of the...
Black enrollments are up 7.7 percent this year compared to an overall increase of just over one percent.
A Check-Up of Black Progress in U.S. Medical Schools
Applications and first-year enrollments of blacks are both up from a year ago.
Duke University School of Nursing Looks to Increase Diversity
This summer 10 undergraduate students participated in a six-week program at Duke University designed to increase the number of minorities in nursing.
A Decline in Black Enrollments in Higher Education: But Graduate Enrollments Inch Higher
There were 3,954,120 Black or African American students who were enrolled in higher education during the 2013-14 academic year. They made up 14.2 percent of all enrollments. Black enrollments were down 3.1 percent from the previous year.
African American Quadruplets Enroll at Yale University
After fielding offers from a wide range of top colleges and universities, the Wade quadruplets of Liberty Township, Ohio, are all members of the Class of 2021 at Yale University.
Black Enrollments in Higher Education Continue to Decline
Over the past two years, African American enrollments in higher education have decreased by more than 270,000, or 6.6 percent. The Black percentage of total enrollments has dropped from 14.4 percent to 13.9 percent over the past two years.
More HBCUs Reporting Enrollment Increases
Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens reports the largest entering class in the past six years and there are more new students at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis than at any time in the university's history. For the first, time its residence halls are at full capacity.
Medical University of South Carolina Becoming More Diverse
According to U.S. News & World Report, the Medical University of South Carolina enrolls the fifth highest number of African American students among medical schools that are not considered historically Black institutions.
Encouraging News on Enrollments at Virginia State University
Preliminary data for fall enrollments project a 5 percent increase in total enrollments from a year ago. The number of first-year students who have indicated their intention to enroll is up a significant 30 percent from 2015.
Shaw University in Raleigh Reports a Record Number of Applicants
Applications are up 74 percent from last year. The university also reports that at this time, the number of confirmed new students is up 145 percent from a year ago.
A Check-Up on Black Progress in Dental School Enrollments
The data shows that the number of Black applicants to U.S. dental schools has declined by 7.5 percent over the past four years. In 2014, Blacks were 4.3 percent of all new students enrolling in U.S. dental schools. This is down slightly from recent years.
A Check-Up on the Racial Gap in Medical School Applications and Enrollments
In 2015, the number of Black applicants to U.S. medical schools was up a whopping 16.8 percent from 2014. Blacks were 7.6 percent of all medical school matriculants in 2015. This was up from 6.9 percent in 2014.
Ohio University’s New Program to Boost Black Male Enrollments and Graduation Rates
The African American Male Initiative aims to connect its more than 40 students to academic support services on campus. It also is working in tandem with student organizations, student affairs, and the Athens community to establish a welcoming environment that young Black males can call home.
Undergraduate Institutions That Feed the Most Black Students to U.S. Medical Schools
In the 2017 academic year, 118 graduates of Howard University in Washington, D.C., applied to U.S. medical schools. This was the most in the nation. Xavier University of Louisiana, with a much smaller number of total graduates, ranked second and had 103 students apply to medical schools.
Number of Black Admits Declines in the University of California System
This year, 2,653 Black first-year students from California were admitted to one or more University of California campuses. This is down from 2,712 in 2014 and 2,747 in 2013. Blacks were 4.3 percent of all admits from the state of California.
Historically Black Edward Waters College Sees a Surge in Applications
Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida, has seen a huge increase in applications this year. The historically Black college has received more than 3,000 applications, up from 1,800 a year ago.
Edward Blum Launches Another Assault on Affirmative Action
The Project for Fair Representation has set up three websites seeking individuals who believe they were rejected for admission at three universities due to affirmative action or so-called reverse discrimination.
African American Graduate School Enrollments Hold Steady
Overall African American enrollments in higher education dropped by 3.4 percent from 2011 to 2012. But it appears that in graduate schools, African Americans are holding steady.
New Data Shows a Drop in African American Enrollments in Higher Education
The U.S. Department of Education reports that in the fall of 2012 there were 2,864,723 African Americans enrolled in degree-granting institutions in the United States, down more than 3 percent from a year earlier.
After Campus Protests, the University of Cincinnati Boosts Diversity Efforts
When the University of Cincinnati's only African American dean resigned his post, students protested the lack of diversity on campus. The university has taken some steps to address the issue.
The Racial Makeup of the Entering Class at the University of Washington
There are 181 African American in the entering class at the University of Washington. They make up 2.9 percent of the entering students. Blacks are 3.6 percent of population in the state of Washington.
Blacks Fare Better in Transfer Enrollments at Berkeley
The Black percentage of transfer students is significantly higher than the percentage of Blacks in the first-year class at Berkeley.
