University Of Virginia / Stereohyped

YAY, UVA Indulge my (fair-weather) University of Virgina pride for a minute, folks. More black students graduate from the University of Virginia within six years than any other public school. UVA has about a 90 percent graduation rate among black students. Top universities like Harvard have black grad rates in the mid-90s, but among schools considered UVA's peers (according to the Washington Post), like University of California at Berkeley, the University of North Carolina, Cornell University and Vanderbilt University, UVA wins hands down. That national graduation rate for black college students is about 44 percent — 20 points lower than the graduation rate for white students.

May 19, 2008 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 3 Responses

TOP MARKS FOR BLACK STUDENTS Columbia University and the University of Virginia (my alma mater) are tied for first place in enrollment of black students. UNC-Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt are close behind. John Blackburn, dean of admissions for U.Va., said he expects the university's number of black students will continue to grow. In November, Blackburn and admissions officials from Harvard and Princeton visited low-income high schools across the country to encourage students to apply to their institutions.

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Minority Report

australians don't love them blokes

Snoop isn't the "kind of bloke" Australian immigration officials want spending five minutes in their country to present at the Australian MTV Awards. What are they afraid of — that he'll smoke up all their weed? [IHT]

Edward Brooke, the nation's first black senator since Reconstruction, urges blacks to continue to seek higher office. [BU-DFP]

Bill Cosby's writing a book called Come On People, which shares a theme with his recent most controversial statements (in case you missed it, we all suck). Too bad the only people who would buy such a book are not the people he's trying to reach. [PBP]

A survey says African American and Latino teens care more about community violence than whites. What a brilliant sociological discovery! [SFGate]

The University of Virginia jumps on the slavery apology bandwagon. They must not have asked themselves "What Would Thomas Jefferson Do?" [RTD]

Apr 26, 2007 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 2 Responses