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Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1999
Reports the increase of the black-white scoring gap on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). As race-sensitive college admissions decline, these scores present barriers to educational progress by Blacks in selective institutions. Explains the scoring gap noting why so few Blacks have top SAT scores and thus will be shut out of major universities…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Students, College Admission, Educational Opportunities