The growth in philanthropic support by source to the private black colleges is traced and compared with that for voluntary support to higher education institutions generally and to private higher education particularly. Data are obtained from the 1969-70 and 1976-77 Council for Financial Aid to Education surveys and from data collected directly…

The primary purpose of this survey was to identify the numbers of students in the teacher education pipeline by race and ethnicity. It provides a means of assessing the need for teachers of color at the K-12 level; the potential pool of minority teachers in the postsecondary sector; and prospects for beginning teachers in schools, colleges, and…

This report provides tabular data derived from three surveys conducted in the National Science Foundation's Division of Science Resources Studies regarding science and engineering education in traditionally black colleges. Tables 1 through 4 are derived from the Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges. This…

Data tables are compiled on the characteristics of black freshmen entering a representative sanple of 393 predominately black and predominately white academic institutions. Using a ten percent random subsample of original data compiled by Alexander W. Astin for the Cooperative Institutional Research program, the researchers present extensive…

Access to and participation of blacks in higher education is described, selected federal programs are discussed, and many problem areas that will require continued national, state, regional, local, and institutional attention are briefly analyzed. Information on barriers to high school completion, the type of high school preparation that blacks…