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50 Years of ERIC
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Explaining Outcomes for Black Students in Higher Education Using National Longitudinal Data.
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Dawkins, Marvin P.; Braddock, Jomills J., II – Negro Educational Review, 1982
Among Blacks attending traditionally Black colleges and those attending traditionally White colleges, college experiences affected outcomes more significantly than social background or high school experience. Thus, type of college experience determined differences in academic achievement, occupational aspirations, and dropout proneness between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Students
Dimensions of Adolescent Pregnancy.
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Stoddard, Ann H. – Negro Educational Review, 1989
Reviews studies of adolescent pregnancy since 1982 and relates them to a study of teen pregnancy in Duval County (Florida). Discusses incidence, causes and health, social and economic consequences. (FMW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Mothers, Early Parenthood, Minority Groups
Participation and Degree Attainment of African-American and Latino Students in Graduate Education Relative to Other Racial and Ethnic Groups: An Update from Office of Civil Rights Data.
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Thomas, Gail E. – Harvard Educational Review, 1992
Degree completion data from an Office of Civil Rights survey of over 10,000 colleges show (1) African-American and Latino graduate enrollments were not better in 1988 than in 1982; (2) traditionally African-American colleges enroll significant numbers in math and sciences; and (3) nonresident aliens are substantially overrepresented in sciences…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Educational Attainment, Engineering
Educational Opportunities for Blacks in the Sciences, 1955-1980: An Assessment of the Impact of the 1954 Supreme Court Decision.
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Williams, Luther S. – Negro Educational Review, 1981
Presents data on the numbers of minority group holders of doctoral degrees. Emphasizes the need to train more Blacks and minority group individuals in scientific and technological fields in order to prepare them for effective participation in an industrialized, rapidly changing, technological society. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Doctoral Degrees, Engineering