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ERIC Number: EJ574672
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-3711
The Thernstrom Fallacy: Why Affirmative Action Is Not Responsible for High Dropout Rates of African American College Students.
Cross, Theodore
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n20 p90-99 Sum 1998
Critiques the theory advanced by A. Thernstrom and S. Thernstrom that affirmative action is responsible for the high college dropout rates of African Americans because underqualified applicants are admitted. The argument centers on examination of dropout rates at historically black colleges and institutions, where racial preference is not a factor. (SLD)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Affirmative Action, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Students, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Student Attrition, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans