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ERIC Number: EJ487401
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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The Myth That Preferential College Admissions Create High Black Student Dropout Rates.
Cross, Theodore L.
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n1 p71-74 Fall 1993
Examines the impact of affirmative-action college-admission policies on black student dropout rates in the nation's top higher education institutions. Black student dropout rate comparative data are provided that show graduation rate percentages of Ivy League schools, less-selective state universities, and historically black colleges. (GLR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, Black Colleges, Blacks, College Admission, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Rate, School Policy, State Universities
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - General; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ivy League Colleges
Note: Inaugural Issue. Journal available from CH II Publishers, Inc., 200 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019.