Progress of African Americans in Higher Education Attainment: The Widening Gender Gap and Its Current and Future Implications

Autor/in	Kaba, Amadu J.
Titel	Progress of African Americans in Higher Education Attainment: The Widening Gender Gap and Its Current and Future Implications
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 13 (2005) 25, (34 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Death; Living Standards; African Americans; Educational Attainment; Gender Differences; Futures (of Society); Correctional Institutions; Academic Achievement; Academic Persistence; Dropouts; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); College Attendance; Academic Degrees + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Lebensstandard; Afroamerikaner; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Geschlechterkonflikt; Future; Society; Zukunft; Jugendstrafvollzug; Schulleistung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss
Abstract	This research argues that despite all of the obstacles that African Americans have confronted in the history of the United States, they have made substantial progress in higher education attainment from the 1970s to the beginning of the 21st century. It reveals that the rise in attainment of college and university degrees has resulted in a substantial increase in living standards and that African Americans are making important economic, social and political contributions to the United States. I present several reasons why black males are not performing as well as black females in higher education attainment. Analyses are also presented regarding the current and future implications of the growing gap between black males and black females. (Contains 2 tables and 19 endnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida. c/o Editor, USF EDU162, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-5650. Tel: 813-974-3400; Fax: 813-974-3826; Web site: http://epaa.asu.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10