
ERIC Number: ED406871
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 532
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The African American Education Data Book. Volume I: Higher and Adult Education.
Nettles, Michael T.; Perna, Laura W.
This voluminous collection of data presents a detailed picture of the educational status, performance, progress, and financial support of African Americans in higher education and adult education. The 10 chapters, each with a brief overview and text sections that supplement the data tables, cover: (1) African American population characteristics; (2) higher education enrollments and completions, including data on access to post secondary education and degree recipients; (3) undergraduate student financial aid, encompassing institutional characteristics, college costs and financial need, types and sources of aid, college experiences, and demographic characteristics; (4) access, choice, and persistence characteristics for 1989-90 beginning postsecondary students; (5) post-degree activities, including demographic characteristics of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients, their academic experiences as undergraduates, institutional characteristics, use of financial aid, and graduate school and employment experiences; (6) student performance on graduate and first-professional school admissions tests; (7) student financial aid for graduate and first-professional students, including data on type of program, institutional characteristics, tuition and financial need, type and source of award, and college experiences; (8) characteristics of doctoral degree recipients; (9) representation of African Americans among college and university faculty; and (10) participation in adult education. A brief concluding chapter asks how lessons learned from the past can be used to chart future progress. A glossary is appended. (CH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Affirmative Action, Black Achievement, Black Institutions, College Choice, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Background, Educational Mobility, Educational Opportunities, Enrollment Trends, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Faculty Recruitment, Financial Aid Applicants, Graduate Study, Grants, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Nondiscriminatory Education, Paying for College, Racial Integration, School Demography
Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, 8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, P.O. Box 10444, Fairfax, VA 22031-4511 ($25 plus $3.25 postage).
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: College Fund/UNCF, Fairfax, VA.
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