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ERIC Number: EJ598447
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-3711
African-American College Graduation Rates: Blacks Do Best at the Nation's Most Selective Colleges and Universities.
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n25 p122-27 Fall 1999
Reports that black students at selective U.S. colleges have high graduation rates, but black student graduation rates at flagship state universities and historically black colleges are far lower. These rates make a positive case for affirmative action at selective U.S. universities. Compares black and white graduation rates and presents data on trends in black student graduation rates. (SM)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Graduates, Graduation, Higher Education, Racial Differences, State Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans