This collection focuses on problems in the recruitment, enrollment and retention of Blacks in higher education in America. The following chapters are provided: "The Black Student Retention Problem in Higher Education: Some Introductory Perspectives" (Marvel Lang); "Early Acceptance and Institutional Linkages in a Model Program of Recruitment, Retention, and Timely Graduation from Medical School" (Arthur Culbert); "Retention of Disadvantaged Students (RODS): A Pathway to Professionalism" (Joann Blake, Mary Lott, and Alexander L. Brown); "The Black Collegian Advisement Program at Kennesaw College: A Comprehensive Black Student Retention Model" (Diane White Wilkerson); "Recruiting and Retaining Black Students: A Plan That Works" (Simon O. Johnson); "Counseling, Advising and Mentoring as Retention Strategies for Black Students in Higher Education" (Rosie Cheatham Mickey); "Using Paraprofessionals as a Retention Resource" (William Allen); "Group Work as a Teaching Strategy in Black Student Retention in Higher Education" (Anne Kopp Hyman); "Coping Ability as a Predictor of Academic Achievement among Selected Black College Students: A Case Study" (Delores Bolden Stamps); and "An Explanatory Model of Grade Performance and Attrition in Intermediate Accounting I" (Louella Moore). References are given at the end of each chapter, and an index is provided. (KM)