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• Top 100 undergraduate degree producers: interpreting the data

  - 2008-06-12

  Over the past five years, the number of bachelor's degrees conferred to African-Americans by proprietary (private-for-profit) institutions increased by 150 percent or an average annual rate of 26 percent. In 2006-07, proprietary institutions accounted for fewer than one in 10 (7.2 percent) bachelor's degrees conferred to African-Americans. Both of these...

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• First professional degrees: 2005-2006

  - 2007-07-12

  FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEGREES 2005-2006 All Disciplines Combined AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRST PROFESSIONAL--HBCUs vs. TWIs 2006 Rank Institution State ...

  Tags: Alabama, analysis, Boston University, Case Western Reserve University, Columbia University, Denver, George Washington University, Harvard University, New York University, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, South, Stanford University, Temple University, Texas, Tufts University, U.S. Department of Education, University of Chicago, University of Florida, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Texas, University of Washington, Wayne State University, women, Yale University

• Top 100 undegraduate degree producers: interpreting the data

  - 2007-05-31

  Who were Alexander Lucius Twilight and Mary Jane Patterson? If you know, you are an excellent candidate for the "Jeopardy" category, "African-American firsts." Knowing the topic of this edition of Diverse, you can probably guess the answer: "They were the first African-American male and female to be awarded bachelor's degrees...

  Tags: analysis, Arizona State University, Beach, California, California State University, Columbia, Computer Associates International Inc., Florida State University, HUNTER, Lehman, North Carolina State University, Ohio State University, Park, Pennsylvania State University, San Diego State University, San Jose State University, South, Stanford University, U.S. Department of Education, University of Florida, University of Houston, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina, University of Texas, women

• The Kiplinger 100: Best Values in Public Colleges; Kiplinger's Personal Finance Ranks Schools Offering First-Class Educations at Bargain Prices

  - 2006-01-09

  WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With tuition skyrocketing and financial aid dwindling, Kiplinger's Personal Finance has once again identified the top 100 values in public colleges. Using a rigorous quantitative ranking system, the Kiplinger 100 finds schools where students can receive a stellar education without graduating with a...

  Tags: education, FINANCE, financial, University of California, University of Illinois, University of North Carolina

• Top 100 Baccalaureate Degrees, 2000-2001

  - 2002-06-20

  All Disciplines Combined AFRICAN AMERICAN BACCALAUREATE--TWIs vs. HBCUs ...

  Tags: California, Columbia, Cornell, East, Mary, North, San Diego State University, South, Technology, University of Arizona, University of Florida, University of Illinois, University of North Carolina, University of Texas, women

• AWARDS AND HONORS.(Brief Article)(Bibliography)

  - 2001-06-01

  Walter Johnson, Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market (Harvard University Press, 1999), and Timothy B. Tyson, Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power (University of North Carolina Press, 1999) shared the OAH's Frederick Jackson Turner Award for 2000....

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• Died: Dr. Earl Renfroe

  - 2000-12-04

  Died: Dr. Earl Renfroe, 93, a distinguished Chicago dentist who made history as the first Black orthodontist in the country and the first Black to head the Dept. of Orthodontics Dental School at the University of Illinois, after a lengthy illness at his home in Silver Spring, MD ... Kellis...

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• The Top 100: Interpreting the Data - postsecondary institutions granting the most degrees to students of color - Statistical Data Included

  - 2000-06-22

  For the ninth consecutive year, we present to you one of the simplest and most compelling rankings of higher education data: listings of the institutions that confer the most postsecondary degrees to students o f color. As with any ranking publication, we have our critics, many of whom bring up...

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