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Recruiting Minorities: What Explains Recent Trends In The Army And Navy?, Paul Heaton
Recruiting Minorities: What Explains Recent Trends In The Army And Navy?, Paul Heaton
Paul Heaton
Click to Read Online Since 2000, black representation among high-quality recruits in the Army has decreased, while Hispanic representation has increased; in the Navy, black representation has remained stable and Hispanic representation has increased. (Recruits are considered to be high-quality if they have graduated high school and score above average on the Armed Forces Qualification Test.) The decline in black enlistments is of concern both because black youth have traditionally been a key market segment for the Army and because Congress has expressed concern about the degree to which military enlistments proportionately reflect the population that the U.S. military defends. …