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ERIC Number: EJ488931
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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African-American Higher Education: How Big Is It?
Cross, Theodore
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n3 p80-81 Spr 1994
As a business, educating African Americans is a large enterprise, with total annual expenditures approaching $15 billion. Contrary to stereotypes, it cannot be regarded as a footnote to American higher education. Tuition expenditures account for nearly 8% of the total money income of blacks in the United States. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Students, College Students, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Expenditures, Financial Support, Higher Education, Income, Stereotypes, Student Costs, Tuition
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans
Note: Journal available from CH II Publishers, Inc., 200 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019.