Documents the recent higher education enrollment and degree-attainment status of Black Americans. Results indicate that (1) enrollment is stagnant or declining, (2) Black students are underrepresented, and (3) few institutions have awarded Blacks degrees in sciences. Suggests that a combination of individual and institutional-level efforts is…

Although African Americans comprise almost one-quarter of all scholarship athletes at Division I colleges and universities, they constitute only 6 percent of full-time undergraduates there. Figures trouble academics, experts on race, and other higher education observers. The trend may reinforce stereotypes and demoralize students. More aggressive…

Data on total undergraduate enrollments, scholarship athletes, football scholarship athletes, and men's basketball scholarship athletes, and percentage of each group that are African Americans, are tabulated for 245 institutions in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. (MSE)

The Patterson Research Institute of the College Fund/United Negro College Fund has published "The African American Educational Data Book, Volume I: Higher and Adult Education," on participation of African American students, faculty, and institutions in postsecondary education. Statistics reflect enrollment and degree attainment trends…

Presents data on college enrollment numbers by racial/ethnic group (American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian American, Black, Hispanic American, White) and for foreign students by state, and proportions of each group enrolled, by institution. The data are from an annual federal survey of enrollment. (MSE)

An annual national survey shows that black enrollment in colleges and universities grew more slowly than other minority groups' enrollment and that Hispanic and Asian American enrollments grew most. Summary enrollment data for racial and ethnic groups in each state are presented, with one-year changes indicated at the national level. (MSE)

In the fall of 1986, almost 18 percent of the 12.5 million students enrolled in colleges were non-Whites, with the largest increases among Asians and Hispanics. In 10 years, the number of minority students has increased by one-third overall. (MSE)

In 1975 a nationwide sample of admissions offices of 110 large, primarily white universities were surveyed on their admission of black freshmen and on their admission criteria. Particular emphasis was placed on further effects of budget cuts and on admission criteria for nonblack minorities. Responses from 107 schools, showed that the national…

In fall 1988, minorities were 18.4 percent of the 13 million total enrollment. The large gains since 1978 are encouraging, but minority enrollment still lags behind Whites. Minority group (American Indians, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and foreign) and White subtotals for all 3,100 institutions surveyed are presented. (MSE)

Total institutional enrollments and percentages of American Indians, Asians, African Americans, Hispanics, whites, and foreign students are presented for about 3,100 colleges and universities, organized by state. Overall racial percentages and enrollments, and one-year increases, are also given. (MSE)

College student enrollment from the four largest minority groups (American Indians, Asians, Blacks, Hispanics) rose by 2.9% in 1995, accounting for one-quarter of all students. White student enrollments accounted for an overall enrollment decline of 1%, although the proportion of whites aged 18-24 in college reached an all-time high, 43%. Blacks…

National survey data on fall 1996 enrollments in over 3,300 colleges and universities are displayed, noting percentages of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Black non-Hispanic, Hispanic, White non-Hispanic, and foreign students (regardless of racial/ethnic background), and totals for each institution. (MSE)

Historically Black Colleges (HBC's) are identified as a key component of a responsive and diverse postsecondary education system. Continuing HBC leadership in promoting equal educational opportunity and in producing Black graduates is still seen as necessary in spite of the integration process. Recent achievements of these institutions include:…

For each U.S. institution, the percentage enrollments for American Indians, Asians, blacks, Hispanics, whites, and foreign students are tabulated. Data are also given on minority group enrollment trends since 1978; on full- and part-time enrollments; and on enrollment by institution type, male and female percentages, and program level. (MSE)

Minority enrollment has increased faster than total enrollment in state and land-grant universities in recent years. Minority students comprised 15.2 percent of the total enrollment in fall 1976, compared with 11 percent in fall 1972. Black students accounted for almost half of the minority enrollment, or 6.7 percent of the total enrollment. Other…