Minority Students Earning Degrees From Online School in Record Numbers

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"These rankings are particularly important, given the current economic downturn," said Bill PepiceUo, president of the University of Phoenix. "They demonstrate [that the] University of Phoenix is structured to confront market forces nimbly [and is] attuned to the current job market with our focus on fast growing occupational areas."

"Our goal is to build on the hopefulness of the [Barack Obama] campaign [and] address the shared anxiety about our uncertain future," said Sam Chaltain, national director of the organization. "[We must] channel both sets of feelings into actions that will help support our nation's schools."

According to a press release on the University of Phoenix website, African-American, Hispanic and Native American students earned more undergraduate degrees in business and finance, management, marketing, sciences and healthcare, and various other related support services than any other coUege in the country.

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Minority Students Earning Degrees From Online School in Record Numbers

A study released last month shows that African-American and Hispanic students are earning more undergraduate degrees from the online school ...

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