The conditions and experiences of black students in higher education in the 1970s are addressed in 27 essays. The essays are categorized in terms of: history and profile; admissions and access; enrollment, academic experience, and career choice; black higher educational survival; recruitment and retention; and structural policies. Among the contents are the following: "Blacks in Higher Education to 1954: A Historical Overview," by John E. Fleming; "Black Students in Black and White Institutions," by Helen S. Astin and Patricia H. Cross; "The Effects of Standardized Achievement Test Performance and Family Status on Black-White College Access," by Gail E. Thomas; "Factors Affecting Black Students' Persistence in College," by Patricia H. Cross and Helen S. Astin; "Correlates of Black Student Adjustment, Achievement, and Aspirations at a Predominantly White Southern University," by Walter R. Allen; "The Major Field Choices and Occupational Career Orientations of Black and White College Students," by Jomills Henry Braddock II; "The Access of Black Students to Medical and Law Schools: Trends and Bakke Implications," by James E. Blackwell; "Critical Factors for the Survival of First Generation College Blacks," by Will B. Scott; "An Example of Student Retention for Minority Engineering Programs," by Randolph W. Bromery; "A Special Tutorial for Minority Medical Students: An Account of a Year's Experience," by Robert H. Geertsma; "Legislative Remedies for Increasing the Educational Access and Retention of Minorities," by Frank Brown; "The Adams Mandate: A Format for Achieving Equal Educational Opportunity and Attainment," by Leonard L. Haynes, III; and "Desegregation and Black Student Higher Educational Access," by Gail E. Thomas, James M. McPartland, and Denise C. Gottfredson. (SW)