Setting Our Own Agenda: Exploring the Meaning of Gender Disparities among Blacks in Higher Education.

Washington, Valora; Newman, Joanna

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ERIC Number: EJ426533

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Setting Our Own Agenda: Exploring the Meaning of Gender Disparities among Blacks in Higher Education.

Washington, Valora; Newman, Joanna

Journal of Negro Education, v60 n1 p19-35 Win 1991

Attention to the discrepancy between female progress and male declines among Blacks in higher education detracts from the larger issue of the effects of racism on all Blacks' educational opportunities. Argues for an Afrocentric perspective on the crisis in higher education. Calls for analysis of sex-related achievement differences among Blacks. (AF)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Afrocentrism, Black Education, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Higher Education, Racial Discrimination, Research Needs, Sex Differences, Social Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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