Discusses the racial scoring gap on tests for admission to medical, business, law, and other graduate programs, noting that in the highest-scoring brackets on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), the racial gap is even larger. Whites are five times, twelve times, and seven times more likely, respectively, to score higher on the MCAT, Law…

The nonprofit corporation that performs standardized testing for law school admission has in recent years produced $100 million in profits. For minority groups who tend to score poorly on the test, the question is why the corporation refuses to dedicate some of its wealth to commissioning an independent study of whether test results correlate with…

Examines the teaching methods of David Wilkins, an African American Harvard Law School professor considered an exciting teacher by his students and colleagues. Describes his skill in getting students to attend class, engage in legal thinking, feel comfortable in the classroom, and learn the formal rituals and procedures for the court. (SM)

Provides trend data on the progress of African American representation in U.S. institutions of higher education. Statistics are presented in the areas of educational equality, racial segregation in higher education, racial differences in college entrance test scores, graduate enrollments, and black gains in acquiring law degrees. (GLR)

Students' and graduates' complaints about the Howard University Law School center on graduates' low rates of passing the bar examination but also take note of the poor condition of the physical plant. Article outlines student criticisms and planned administrative responses to the school's decline in quality. (SLD)

This collection of articles focuses such issues as the number of blacks completing doctoral degrees; the steady march of blacks into higher education; racial desensitization of the American public; the impact of Condoleezza Rice's statement on race-conscious admissions; how higher education shuts the door on the racial poverty gap; and how a…