These notes relate to the article “One graduation for all or add-on ceremonies for minority students?” first published March 13, 2013.

We examined what we call “flagship or equivalent” schools. These are each state’s leading public university campus or campuses. We also examined the “top 25” universities and liberal arts colleges as determined by this year’s U.S. News and World Report rankings (three of the flagship or equivalent schools are cited as being in the top 25 universities).

Note that Carleton College is listed as having no separate graduation ceremonies although the school states on its website that it has a “multicultural senior ceremony celebration.” See the school’s explanation here.

Set forth below are links to the webpages from which we gathered the data.