Degree completion on the rise.More African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. are receiving bachelor's master's, and doctoral degrees Things are looking up on the educational front, as an increasing number of African Americans are pursuing postgraduate postgraduate after first degree graduation, the registerable degree in veterinary science. postgraduate degree may be a research degree, e.g. PhD, or a course-work masterate with a vocational bias, or any combination of these. degrees. In their report, African American Education: Just the Facts, the Frederick D. Patterson Frederick Douglass Patterson (October 10, 1901 - April 26, 1988), born in Washington D.C. and orphaned at the age of two. Patterson would later become president of what is now Tuskegee University (1935-1953) and founder of the United Negro College Fund (1944, UNCF). Research Institute of the College Fund/United Negro College Fund found that during the nearly 20 years between 1977 and 1996, the number of African Americans who were awarded bachelor's and master's degrees master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. increased by 52% and 17% respectively. On the doctoral level, the number of blacks who received degrees rose 25% over the same period. "The data shows that over the past two decades, African Americans have made significant progress in the number of degrees they are receiving," says Dr. Kimberley Edelin Freeman Freeman can mean:
For instance, much more progress is needed to raise the representation of African Americans among doctoral degree recipients (3.5%) to their representation in the traditional graduate student age population (13%). [GRAPHS OMITTED] |
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