Discusses current higher education of black students, noting that racial discrimination is still present, with opportunity and access to higher education determined primarily by wealth. Notes reverses in previous advances in racial change within education, examining the polarized environment of class and race, and describing how liberal education…

This collection of articles focuses on such topics as the black-white higher education gap in large U.S. cities; online fundraising at historically black colleges; the white university that awards the most doctorates to blacks; the high ranking colleges and universities most forthcoming in disclosing racial statistics; the most highly cited black…

Compares black-white performances in educational attainment among adults who reside in the 15 most populous U.S. cities or metropolitan areas, focusing on: the best-performing cities for African American high school completions; racial differences in African American college completions in the nation's largest cities; cities with high percentages…

Presents a statistical record of the progress of African Americans in U.S. institutions of higher education, focusing on the Black-White Higher Education Equality Index, statistics that measure the state of racial inequality, the pay scale of faculty at black colleges and universities, and leading foundation grants to African American higher…

Contends that the low number of academically high-scoring black students at selective colleges, combined with the attraction of alternate career opportunities, largely explains the shortage of black doctoral candidates. The lower grades black students receive at selective institutions may discourage them from choosing academic careers. Suggests…

This collection of articles focuses such issues as the number of blacks completing doctoral degrees; the steady march of blacks into higher education; racial desensitization of the American public; the impact of Condoleezza Rice's statement on race-conscious admissions; how higher education shuts the door on the racial poverty gap; and how a…

In 2001, over 1,600 African Americans earned doctoral degrees, yet for the first time in 7 years, the number of black doctoral awards declined. This paper examines differences in doctoral fields of study, the limited number of awards to African Americans in specialized scientific fields, and the gender gap in black Ph.D. awards. Most doctorates…

Discusses the racial scoring gap on tests for admission to medical, business, law, and other graduate programs, noting that in the highest-scoring brackets on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), the racial gap is even larger. Whites are five times, twelve times, and seven times more likely, respectively, to score higher on the MCAT, Law…

For the past 35 years, U.S. Blacks on average have been three times as likely as Whites to live below the poverty line. A large factor in the overall black poverty gap is the huge number of black children being raised in poverty. However, but the poverty gap shrinks when college-educated blacks are compared to college-educated whites. (SM)

In 2001, more white students enrolled in college had jobs than their black counterparts. Factors affecting this gap include black students often must work at unpaid campus jobs as a condition of financial aid; middle class white students are less eligible for financial aid than low income black students so must secure jobs to help pay tuition; and…

Academically accomplished applicants to the nation's top colleges usually take SAT II Achievement Tests. While scoring gaps between college-bound Blacks and Whites on these tests tend to be smaller than gaps on the basic SAT, a racial scoring gap persists. However, black students appear to be making progress in closing the racial scoring gap on…

Presents a statistical record of the progress of African Americans in U.S. higher education institutions, focusing on the black-white higher education equality index; statistics that measure the state of racial inequality; the superior graduation rates of black scholarship athletes; and whether the college athletic powerhouses are ignoring the…

Ranks leading liberal arts colleges in the United States according to their relative success in attracting, enrolling, and graduating African American students, also noting their progress in bringing African American professors to their campuses. The colleges are graded according to a blending of 13 widely accepted quantitative measures of…

Discusses Alain Locke's 1925 text, "The New Negro," which offered the world the first comprehensive look at black literary and cultural achievements as seen through the eyes of African Americans, and which launched the Harlem Renaissance. Compares Locke with W.E.B. Du Bois and notes that Locke's contributors were nearly anyone who had published…

This article suggests that previous bans on race-based affirmative action have done serious damage to black enrollments at the U.S.'s "flagship" public universities. In some cases, black enrollments have rebounded somewhat, but enrollments are still far below the level that prevailed prior to the bans. Only Texas, with its 10 Percent Plan, has…