Presents data from a survey of the admissions offices at the nation's 25 highest-ranked universities and liberal arts colleges to determine the racial makeup of freshman classes, examining number of African American applicants, acceptance rates, enrollment numbers, and yield rates. Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and…

This article suggests that previous bans on race-based affirmative action have done serious damage to black enrollments at the U.S.'s "flagship" public universities. In some cases, black enrollments have rebounded somewhat, but enrollments are still far below the level that prevailed prior to the bans. Only Texas, with its 10 Percent…

Presents statistics on the status of African Americans in U.S. institutions of higher education, examining the following issues: the black-white higher education equality index, the state of racial inequality, state-by-state projections of African American college enrollments for 1995-2015, and the history and status of African Americans in higher…

Presents a statistical record of the progress of African Americans in U.S. higher education institutions, focusing on the black-white higher education equality index, statistics that measure the state of racial inequality, ranking the nation's law schools by percentages of black students, state-by-state review of African American enrollments in…

Ranks the 26 leading U.S. universities according to their relative success in attracting, enrolling, and graduating African American students as well as their progress in bringing black professors to their campuses. Universities are ranked according to a blending of 13 widely accepted quantitative measures of institutional racial integration. Duke…

Surveyed the 25 highest-ranked U.S. business schools regarding the status of black students and faculty. Results found that blacks continued to show very slow progress in business school enrollments and in securing faculty positions at these schools. Some schools had no black faculty members, and 14 of the 25 had no tenured black faculty members.…

This statistical record of the progress of African Americans in U.S. institutions of higher education focuses on the black-white higher education equity index; statistics that measure the state of racial inequality; rankings of black enrollments at the nation's 50 highest-ranked universities and liberal arts colleges; and students and faculty from…

Ranks leading liberal arts colleges in the United States according to their relative success in attracting, enrolling, and graduating African American students, also noting their progress in bringing African American professors to their campuses. The colleges are graded according to a blending of 13 widely accepted quantitative measures of…

If the present trend in black college enrollment continues, by the year 2097, black women will earn all the bachelor's degrees received by African Americans. Explores why this gap exists and what to do about it. (SLD)

Presents a statistical record of the progress of African Americans in higher education, offering: the Black-White Higher Education Equality Index; statistics that measure racial inequality; states in which black college enrollments are expected to grow over the next 15 years; and differences among the states in their percentages of low-income…

Presents five brief articles on the state of African Americans in higher education. Topics include the black-white higher education equality index; statistics that measure the state of racial inequality; the 1998 all-time high of African-American doctoral degrees; state-by-state review of African-American enrollments in higher education; and the…

Presents a statistical record of the progress of African Americans in U.S. higher education institutions, including the black-white higher education equality index; statistics measuring the state of racial inequality; ranking the nation's law schools according to percentage of black students; and college affordability (comparing black and white…

At most flagship state universities, black enrollment falls far below the percentage of the black population in the state in which they operate. Sometimes, the states appear to have admissions policies that deny the finest quality public education to black students within the state. Many state universities have failed to hire more than a token…

The recent performance of black males versus black females in higher education is very poor. Black male enrollment trends are declining. Examines the black gender gap in degree attainments, the gender gap in advanced degrees earned by African Americans, reasons for this gender gap, and how the gender gap in black higher education affects U.S.…

The percentage of students receiving Pell Grants at a given college or university is a useful, though short of perfect, measure of economic diversity within a student body. The Pell Grant percentage also provides some clues about racial diversity and the economic characteristics of black students in a particular college or university's student…