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Terrell F. Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2024
While Black students have experienced significant growth in college enrollment since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Higher Education Act of 1965, they are still less likely than their white counterparts to attend and graduate from a post-secondary institution (Ryan & Bauman, 2016). There have been previous studies on college…
Descriptors: Blacks, African American Students, College Choice, College School Cooperation
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Shiner, Michael; Noden, Philip – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
Despite entering higher education in good numbers, candidates from some black and minority ethnic groups are concentrated in less prestigious institutions. A similar pattern is evident in candidates' applications, raising important questions about the role of "self-exclusion". Statistical analysis confirms that candidates from some…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Class, Racial Differences