A Harvest of Good News on African Americans in Higher Education: A Review

A Harvest of Good News on African Americans in Higher Education: A Review

Higher education for America's black youth is in crisis. From 1976 to 1988, the college enrollment of blacks, age 18 to 24, declined from 22.6% to 21.1%. This downward trend is expected to accelerate as college tuition costs continue to skyrocket. And recent battles over minority scholarships and public funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) further cloud the future of black higher education.

Higher education confers a wide range of new aptitudes and further influences ...