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ERIC Number: EJ665562
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-3711
How Higher Education Shuts the Door on the Racial Poverty Gap.
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n38 p53-54 Win 2002-2003
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)
Descriptors: Black Students, Blacks, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Poverty, Racial Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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