What percentage of african americans will graduate from college in 2008?
Don’t be discouraged by recent setbacks in measures to advance African-American higher education. There has been important progress on many fronts. Occasionally, readers complain that much of the content of The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education is punctuated with doom and gloom about the future of black opportunities and progress in higher education. News such as the retreat of race-sensitive admissions, outreach programs for black students, minority orientation programs geared toward blacks, and race-based scholarship awards is discouraging. Declining financial aid coupled with budget cuts and large tuition increases at many colleges and universities because of the current economic crisis is also depressing black opportunities in higher education. The historic opinion is that reaching equality in higher education for African Americans is like moving a mountain. Not so! There is much good news to report. Here is a summary of recent positive developments in the progress of blacks in
