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ERIC Number: EJ507712
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-3711
A First View of the Academic Performance of African Americans at Three Highly Ranked Colleges.
Cross, Theodore; Slater, Robert Bruce
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n7 p76-79 Spr 1995
Compares the academic achievements of black students at three of the nation's highest-ranked colleges and universities: Amherst College, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Virginia. Preliminary and tentative results suggest that blacks may be closing the academic performance gap between blacks and whites. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends, Higher Education, Low Achievement, Trend Analysis, Whites
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Amherst College MA; Carnegie Mellon University PA; University of Virginia