Where Do the Black College Web Sites Stand in the Rankings?
Of the 4,000 highest-rated university Web sites in the world, 35 belong to black colleges and universities. In view of the fact that nearly 15,000 college and university Web sites were examined by the Cybermetrics Lab, the report that 35 black colleges rank in the top 27 percent of all university Web sites is good news. The bad news is that none of the black colleges or universities rank among the top 1,000 Web sites worldwide. According to the Cybermetrics Lab study, Howard University has the highest-rated Web site of a historically black college or university. Yet Howard is rated in 1,066th position in the world rankings. Howard is ranked just ahead of the Web sites for the Nanhua University of Taiwan and the University of Bordeaux in France. Also ranked among the top 2,000 university Web sites are North Carolina A&T State University, Alabama A&M University and Florida A&M University. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Fayetteville State University, Tennessee State University,
