Declining Black Access to College in Metropolitan Atlanta. Working Paper No. 11.

Autor/in	Paul, Faith
Institution	Chicago Univ., IL.
Titel	Declining Black Access to College in Metropolitan Atlanta. Working Paper No. 11.
Quelle	(1988), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Black Education; Black Students; College Attendance; College Students; Enrollment Trends; Higher Education; Hispanic Americans; Racial Differences; Racial Factors; Racial Segregation; Socioeconomic Status; Urban Education; Whites; Georgia (Atlanta) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Rassenunterschied; Rassentrennung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; White; Weißer
Abstract	Examination of college enrollment in Atlanta, Georgia, showed the starkest contrasts between White gains and Black declines of any of the five metropolitan regions studied by the University of Chicago's Metropolitan Opportunity Project: while there were no declines in enrollment for White or Hispanic students, there were substantial declines for Black students. In the four other regions studied, socioeconomic factors were the decisive influence of enrollment declines, which occurred across all ethnic groups. In Atlanta socioeconomic status is a less important factor than race. Between 1975 and 1984 White and Hispanic students comprised a decreasing proportion of high school graduates but an increasing proportion of college students. The opposite held true for Blacks. Examination of the largest schools in Atlanta revealed that the four colleges that were integrated by race had a minimum of 80 percent White enrollment. The total number of degrees awarded to Whites and Hispanics rose from 1975 to 1984, but fell for Black students after 1978. The number of degrees awarded by traditionally Black colleges in Atlanta also fell. There is no serious attempt to desegregate higher education in Georgia, in spite of the fact that Georgia is under court order to desegregate its institutions of higher education. Data are presented on 24 tables. (BJV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC