Black College Undergraduates, Enrollment, and Earned Degrees
Parity or Underrepresentation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18963702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Brown (Department of Educational Administration State University of New York at Buffalo, corresponding author), Madelon D Stent (Department of Elementary Education City College of New York) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-21 |
| Publication date | 1975-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002193477500600101 |
| OpenAlex | W2026379255 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
In 1972, approximately 727,000 Black Americans were enrolled in some form of postsecondary education, both graduate and undergraduate (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1973a). In 1970, American colleges enrolled 424,653 undergraduates of which 340,754 were attending full time. However, the story of higher education for Black Americans started a long time ago. Black Americans came to the United States before the pilgrims arrived in Jamestown on the Mayflower in 1620. A few Blacks arrived a year earlier on a slave ship. Since that time Black Americans have been fighting against great odds to achieve a full and meaningful existence in this country, with equality and freedom. Today, the fight for full equality and freedom is still short of fulfillment. Black Americans are continuing their fight for a bigger share of this country's resources through its legitimizing or credentializing institutions; colleges and universities are among the most important
Academic freedom · Affirmative action · Black male · Census · Higher education · Odds · Political science · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Law · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |