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Do Historically Black Colleges And Universities Enhance The College Attendance Of African American Youths?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Donna S. Rothstein, Robert B. Olsen Oct 2012

Do Historically Black Colleges And Universities Enhance The College Attendance Of African American Youths?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Donna S. Rothstein, Robert B. Olsen

Ronald G. Ehrenberg

Recently, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have become the center of intense policy debates. Do HBCUs enhance the college attendance of African American youths? Previous research has been inconclusive. Among other improvements, our study adjusts for the relative availability of HBCU enrollment opportunities in each state. We find that African Americans are more likely to choose HBCUs over other colleges if more HBCU openings are available. However, more HBCU openings don't increase overall African American enrollment. As we have shown elsewhere, attendance at an HBCU does enhance African American students' college graduation rates.


Historically Black Colleges And Universities: Recent Trends (2007), Marybeth Gasman, Benjamin Baez, Noah D. Drezner, Katherine V. Sedgwick, Christopher Tudico, Julie M. Schmid Mar 2012

Historically Black Colleges And Universities: Recent Trends (2007), Marybeth Gasman, Benjamin Baez, Noah D. Drezner, Katherine V. Sedgwick, Christopher Tudico, Julie M. Schmid

Marybeth Gasman

The nation’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are diverse. Although we discuss them as a category based on their historical racial makeup, these institutions are in fact quite different from one another. According to the government’s definition, black colleges are bound together by the fact that they were established prior to 1964 (the year of the Civil Rights Act) with the express purpose of educating African Americans. These institutions, of which there are 103, are public, private, large, small, religious, nonsectarian, selective, and open-enrolling. They educate 300,000 students and employ over 14,000 faculty members.1 Some black colleges are thriving, …


The Morehouse Mystique: Becoming A Doctor At The Nation's Newest African American Medical School, Marybeth Gasman, Louis Sullivan Dec 2011

The Morehouse Mystique: Becoming A Doctor At The Nation's Newest African American Medical School, Marybeth Gasman, Louis Sullivan

Marybeth Gasman

No abstract provided.


Rediscovering Booker T. Washington, Michael Bieze, Marybeth Gasman Dec 2011

Rediscovering Booker T. Washington, Michael Bieze, Marybeth Gasman

Marybeth Gasman

No abstract provided.