Why Aren't more African Americans Going to College?

According to the current undersecretary of education, Mike Smith, and Stanford researcher Jennifer O'Day, a very conservative estimate in the reduction of the mathematics gap for black youth would be "on the order of 25 percent to 40 percent, and for science roughly 15 percent to 25 percen...

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Published in:The Journal of blacks in higher education 1994-12 (6), p.66-69
Main Author: Carnoy, Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American culture
African Americans
Black colleges
College bound students
Colleges
Colleges & universities
Graduate schools
High school graduates
Higher education
Hispanics
Mathematics
Minority & ethnic groups
Racism
Reading Achievement
Reading Tests
School enrollment
Universities
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Summary:According to the current undersecretary of education, Mike Smith, and Stanford researcher Jennifer O'Day, a very conservative estimate in the reduction of the mathematics gap for black youth would be "on the order of 25 percent to 40 percent, and for science roughly 15 percent to 25 percent."** What makes the reduction of the black achievement gap all the more impressive is that it occurred during a time of "crisis" in American schools. [...] just having taken more advanced subject matter is a key variable in explaining school performance as measured by national tests.
ISSN:1077-3711
2326-6023
DOI:10.2307/2962468