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Top 50 Colleges for Black Students, 2008
Based on responses from nearly 1,855 African-American professionals in higher education, Black Enterprise magazine has ranked the top 50 colleges and universities where African-American students are…Top 50 Colleges for Black Students, 2006
Based on a survey of more than 500 African American higher education professionals, including college and university presidents, chancellors, and directors, Black Enterprise magazine has ranked the…Carlsbad Decrees
(Encyclopedia) Carlsbad Decrees, 1819, resolutions adopted by the ministers of German states at a conference at Carlsbad that was convened and dominated by Prince Metternich following the murder of…Temin, Howard Martin
(Encyclopedia) Temin, Howard Martin, 1934–94, American virologist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1959. A professor at the Univ. of Wisconsin in Madison, Temin began his…SLM Corporation
(Encyclopedia) SLM Corporation, foremost provider of funding for higher education to American students; commonly known as Sallie Mae. The company, which also offers information and resources to…Kotzebue, August von
(Encyclopedia) Kotzebue, August vonKotzebue, August vonouˈg&oobreve;st fən kôtˈsəb&oomacr; [key], 1761–1819, German dramatist and politician. He wrote some 200 plays, including Menschenhass…Eton
(Encyclopedia) Eton Eton ēˈtən [key], town, Windsor and Maidenhead, central England, on the Thames River…Chaykovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia) Chaykovsky, Nikolai VasilyevichChaykovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevichnyĭkəlīˈ vəsēˈlyəvĭch chīkôfˈskē [key], 1850–1926, Russian socialist. As a student in St. Petersburg he joined (1869) a…Francken
(Encyclopedia) FranckenFranckenfrängˈkən [key] or FranckFranckenfrängk [key], family of Flemish painters in the 16th and 17th cent. Prominent members were Hieronymus Francken, c.1540–1610, student of…American University
(Encyclopedia) American University, at Washington, D.C.; United Methodist; founded by Bishop J. F. Hurst, chartered 1893, opened in 1914. It was at first a graduate school; an undergraduate college…Trending
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