There are now solid enrollments of black students in many Christian colleges. But there remains a core group of evangelical schools that are virtually off limits to black students. (Contains 3 tables.)

Examines the progress of black participation in the Rhodes Scholarship program. The author discusses the earlier practice of exclusion blacks in the program and highlights the experiences of two black Rhodes scholars in the selection process. (GLR)

Blacks on average continue to score about 200 points below whites on the Scholastic Assessment Tests, but the racial scoring gap is much lower in some states than others. In some states, however, notably California, the gap is widening, giving rise to concerns for college admissions for African Americans. (SLD)

Shows what is likely to happen to black admissions, particularly at highly ranked undergraduate colleges, law schools, and medical schools, if admissions decisions at these institutions are largely based on the scores of standardized tests. The performance gap between blacks and whites on such tests has actually grown since 1988. (SLD)

Examines black student enrollment progress, past racial policies, and the status of black enrollments in 1980 and progress since 1980 in large state universities. Statistical trends in black student enrollments at selected large state universities and the level of racial integration at selected flagship state universities are provided. Black…

Provides information showing that under a race-blind admissions policy at institutions of higher education, blacks would still be largely excluded from the nation's highest-ranked universities. The paper illustrates how admissions policies based on socioeconomic status and entrance examination scores would largely benefit white and Asian students…