College Programs for Black Adults

By now, the difficulties facing black students who want a college education are becoming almost commonplace knowledge in educational circles. The implications of these problems are not always clear, and the willingness and ability to do something about them even less common; but there is at least a general awareness that a problem does exist, and programs are being set up to help these students. The irony, however, is that in our preoccupation with the black student who has just finished high school, we have completely ignored a group of people who are equally deprived, equally in need of an education, and perhaps even more dedicated to getting that education. That group consists of black adults who have been out of school for some time but who want to go back to college. For these people, there is virtually no way to earn a B.A.; the few programs set up for adults deal either with basic literacy skills or specific job training, completely ignoring the desire for a college degree, and in one of the few cases we know of where

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