Gender Gap: Black Females Outpace Black Male Counterparts at Three Degree Levels.

Hawkins, B. Denise

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ERIC Number: EJ527910

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Publication Date: 1996

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Gender Gap: Black Females Outpace Black Male Counterparts at Three Degree Levels.

Hawkins, B. Denise

Black Issues in Higher Education, v13 n10 p20-22 Jul 11 1996

A recent American Council on Education report finds a substantial difference in degree attainment at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels between African American men and women, with women earning proportionately more degrees. Some trace the situation to educational problems among black males beginning in elementary school, at about fourth grade. (MSE)

Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Black Education, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees, Educational Attainment, Educational Trends, Females, Higher Education, Males, Masters Degrees, Sex Differences, Trend Analysis, Womens Education

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Language: English

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