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ERIC Number: EJ261755
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Black Student Elite: Enrollment Shifts of High-Achieving, High Socio-Economic Status Black Students from Black to White Colleges during the 1970s.
Webster, David S.; And Others
College and University, v56 n3 p283-91 Spr 1981
Data show that the the "brain drain" of talented Black students from historically Black institutions to White ones, earlier traced from the 1930s to 1970, continued from 1970 to 1978. Black students with affluent, well-educated parents, and whose fathers have high-status occupations, also shifted from Black to White colleges. (MSE)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Students, Brain Drain, College Freshmen, College Students, Educational History, Enrollment Trends, High Achievement, Higher Education, Parent Background, Socioeconomic Status, Upper Class
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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