 FOR
THE 12TH consecutive year, the University
of Virginia leads the nation’s major
public institutions with the highest percentage
of
African-American graduates, according
to an annual
survey published this week by the Journal of
Blacks in Higher Education. The Journal calculates
U.Va.’s graduation rate as 86 percent
based on the African-American students
who entered in the fall of 1998 and graduated
within six years. “It
seems to me that 12 successive years of being
on
top sends a very significant message to African-American
students and parents who are trying to make
a decision about the best institution for a
college education and the best value for their
money,” said William B. Harvey, U.Va.’s
vice president and chief officer for diversity
and equity. Full
story.
U.Va.
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