In the U.S., fewer than two out of five black college students graduate, while three out of five white students eventually graduate. At many historically black colleges and universities, black student graduation rates are even lower than the national average. There is wide disparity in black student graduation rates at academically selective…

Investigated how racial identity formation among African American college students impacted student attitudes about the rapidly changing world. Surveys administered shortly after the September 11 attacks indicated that racial identity attitudes, gender, and student classification helped explain attitudes about the United States in the aftermath of…

Marian Wright Edelman relates the story of her experiences at Spelman College, Georgia, an all-black, all-women's school. Her story tells of the strong group of black and white faculty members who mentored her, pointing her toward a highly successful life in public service. (SM)

Reports that black students at selective U.S. colleges have high graduation rates, but black student graduation rates at flagship state universities and historically black colleges are far lower. These rates make a positive case for affirmative action at selective U.S. universities. Compares black and white graduation rates and presents data on…

Presents responses of departing college presidents to questions about the state of higher education and what they think the next generation of postsecondary leaders must do to keep the doors of educational opportunity open for African Americans and all students. (EV)

Nationwide, fewer than two out of five entering black college students earn their degrees, while three out of five entering white students go on to graduate. Nearly 19 out of 20 black students at highly competitive universities earn their diplomas. Black women outpace black men in college completion. Examines trends in black graduation rates at…

Author stated that education must play a central role in ensuring equal opportunities for black people and evaluated the role that community colleges must take in helping them achieve those objectives. (RK)

The Moton Center for Independent Studies is the first think tank designed specifically to meet the needs of black scholars from minority institutions. The Center, funded by a combination of public and private grants, will provide advanced study for 20 postdoctoral fellows each year. (Author/PG)

A study was conducted to analyze the personal needs and college press profiles of Negro teacher trainees at Fayetteville State University (N.C.) during the early sixties. The students' perceptions of themselves in relation to institutional press (administrative policies, academic regulations, social rules, and their concomitants) were seen as the…

New opportunities can be achieved only with the support of appropriate curricula. To explore the special needs of Negro students, in terms of both curriculum and services, and to produce this report--intended as "a definitive publication for the use of institutions enrolling significant numbers of Negro students"--a summer workshop was held at…

College Placement Services, Inc. (CPS) was formed in 1964 to help develop and upgrade career counseling and placement programs at traditionally Negro colleges. Since 1965, annual surveys have been made at these colleges which have included data on enrollment, degrees and major fields offered, majors of current graduates, and career fields entered…

This monograph includes the initial description of a research and evaluation program that is being conducted in conjunction with a large curriculum and instructional development program involving a number of predominantly black colleges and universities. The program is the Thirteen-College Curriculum Program, which is designed to deal with the…

There is evidence that standardized test scores are not only valuable predictors of college grades for Black students, but in some instances, particularly for Black males, may be more predictively valid than high school rank or average. (Author)

This is a legal and historical review of junior college integration in the State of Florida. Racism and political, economic, and academic factors are mentioned in a description of the transition from inferior black and separate white institutions to mixed colleges with intentional black and minority recruitment. (GC)