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Why Xavier Remains No. 1.
Stewart, Pearl – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2001
Discusses how Louisiana's Xavier University maintains an enviable track record of sending more African American students to medical school than any other institution. (EV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Admission
The Color of Success: African-American College Student Outcomes at Predominantly White and Historically Black Public Colleges and Universities.
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Allen, Walter R. – Harvard Educational Review, 1992
Data from survey of 872 African-American students at predominantly white colleges and 928 at historically black colleges suggest that academic achievement is highest for students who have higher educational aspirations, positive faculty relationships, confidence in their college choice. Beyond individual characteristics, academic performance is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Black Colleges, Black Students
A Follow-Up Study of the Relationship Between Traditional Measures of Academic Success and Career Success. Part 3 of the Research Program and Problems Relating to the Desegregation of Higher Education.
Institute for Services to Education, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1979
This study examines the correlation between standardized college admissions tests and life achievements of students attending historically black colleges. The study sample included 121 people who had graduated from one of eleven historically black colleges in the South in 1971. The students' ACT (American College Testing program) scores were…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Attainment
Success Factors of Young African-American Males at a Historically Black College.
Ross, Marilyn J. – 1998
Through naturalistic inquiry, the study reported in this book sought to determine the inner qualities that compel some black males to persist and overcome adversity, while others of their socioeconomic class quit and fail. The research was designed to identify the factors that led to the successful achievement of African American male students at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Black Colleges, Black Students
Black Consciousness, Identity, and Achievement: A Study of Students in Historically Black Colleges.
Gurin, Patricia; Epps, Edgar – 1975
This book is the result of a series of studies conducted in several historically black colleges from 1964 to 1970. With a focus that changed from a study of activists to a study of students in an institutional context, the book is considered to aim at revealing and clarifying the concerns and dilemmas of black students during an uneasy period when…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Black Achievement, Black Attitudes
The Black Student's Guide to College Success. Revised and Updated Edition.
Higgins, Ruby D., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This guide for college-bound black students begins with essays written by black professional educators on themes identified by black college students. The essays describe students' experiences from the junior or senior year in high school through the first year in college, and include: "Making Sure You Have the 'Right Stuff'" (Kermit R.…
Descriptors: Athletes, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Bound Students
Building Effective Minority Programs in Engineering Education.
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Engineering. – 1975
Two surveys were conducted to identify the essential characteristics of minority engineering programs and to provide summaries of ongoing minority programs in a broad sampling of engineering schools. The first surveyed colleges with the largest minority enrollments, including the 6 traditionally Black schools and 45 predominantly white schools.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, American Indians, Black Colleges, Black Students