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Wenglinsky, Harold – 1997
Few studies have compared the educational experiences and outcomes of students attending historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) to those of students attending traditionally white institutions. This study consists of three analyses that contain some justification for the continued existence of HBCUs, threatened by court decisions that…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Colleges, Black Students, Career Choice
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Wenglinsky, Harold H. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1996
Applying multivariate statistical techniques to a nationally representative sample of 687 students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) and 742 students at traditionally white institutions, this study finds that HBCU may have an educational justification, in that African American students at HBCU are more likely to pursue…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Blacks, College Segregation, College Students