This article presents this year's Top 100 institutions that conferred the most bachelor's degrees to students of color in academic year 2009-2010. It shows the total number of bachelor's degrees for a specific minority group or for total minorities, with subtotals for women and men in that ethnic group. The author also includes the prior year…

This study is designed to collect data on the racial and gender breakdown of personnel at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member conference offices. The NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee and the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will use this data for comparison to similar data that were collected during the…

Examines economist Finis Welch's hypothesis that the observed convergence in earnings between Blacks and Whites is due primarily to similar productivity characteristics between young Black and White workers. Argues that although among employed Black and White youths earnings may be similar, data on higher joblessness among Blacks overturn the…

A government study found that Black men's earnings lag behind those of White men. However, their monetary returns for each year of education are as high as those for White men. It was also reported that on-the-job training does not pay off as well for Blacks. (CT)

This document presents statistics on black income, employment, and poverty in 1987. The black poverty rate rose significantly in 1987, from 31.1 percent to 33.1 percent; the white poverty rate fell from 11 percent to 10.5 percent. The poverty rate for black children under age 18 reached 45.6 percent; for those under age six the poverty rate…

This study is designed to collect data on the racial and gender breakdown of personnel at NCAA member conference offices. The NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee (MOIC) and the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics (CWA) will use this data for comparison to similar data that were collected during the 1998-99 academic year. Data were…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) compiled this statistical information regarding the ethnicity and gender demographic information of athletics administrators and coaches in intercollegiate athletics at its member institutions. The proceeding charts, graphs and tables show the results from the 2007-08 academic year. Also included…

Tabular data presented in this report comprise: total and black population of the U.S. for every census period from 1790 to 1970, the 50 cities with the largest black population for 1970, an index of residential segregation for 1960, selected views of age and sex, life and death, the educational profile of white and black in 1970, family income…

This document provides an empirical analysis of the hiring, promotion/advancement, and retention of black faculty in traditionally white public institutions of higher education in the 10 states affected by the Adams v. Richardson case. The underrepresentation of black scholars on the faculties of the nation's colleges and universities remains a…

This article reviews the housing situation in Washington, D.C., from 1954 to the present. Statistics show the intensity of White flight from the inner city to the suburbs from 1960 to 1970. The effects of the subsequent return of Whites to the inner city, a reverse trend beginning in 1975, are discussed. (MC)

Overviews vital statistics data, emphasizing differences in health status between the Black and White populations with respect to specific diseases and mortality. Discusses major causes of death among US Blacks. (GC)

Presents a table of monthly unemployment rates and percentage changes from July to October 1981. Data indicate unemployment in the total United States population, and are broken down for Whites, Blacks, males, females, and teenagers. (MJL)

Comparison was made of the job attitudes of assistant coaches employed in predominantly white and black universities to determine the following job-related factors: (1) professional recognition; (2) personal initiative; (3) personal satisfaction; (4) job security; (5) salary; and (6) racial balance. Responses to a questionnaire were received from…

This report examines the distribution of Canadian blacks in industries and occupations relative to all other employed Canadians. By establishing a control over labor market determinants in order to note the effects of non-labor market factors on this distribution, it is determined that the strongest non-labor market factors pull in the direction…

Re-examination of a 16-county area of southern Alabama last studied in 1968 found it still economically depressed, especially for blacks. Black unemployment remains two to three times higher and black poverty rates up to five times higher than those of whites. Blacks are generally employed in the lowest paying jobs. Both black median family income…