Read a feature article from Issue No. 47 (Spring 2005):

JBHE's Ranking of the Long-Term Performance of the Nation's Highest-Ranked Liberal Arts Colleges in Enrolling Low-Income Students --- Federal scholarships known as Pell Grants have been a spectacular success in encouraging low-income students to enroll in college. In the previous issue of JBHE we reported the long-term performance of the nation's highest-ranked universities in educating students from low-income families. Now we report results at the nation's small, highly selective liberal arts colleges.

A JBHE Check-Up on Blacks in U.S. Medical Schools --- African Americans are making good progress at the nation's highest-ranked medical schools. And contrary to public beliefs, blacks who are admitted to these top medical institutions are graduating at a very high rate.

Other features from this issue:

• HOW CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 209 CREATED A CRISIS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION, Robert J. Birgeneau

• THE EARLY ORIGINS OF SPELMAN COLLEGE, Harry G. Lefever

• WHY I LEFT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cornel West

• AFRICAN-AMERICAN PIONEERS IN VETERINARY EDUCATION, Eugene W. Adams

• THE SURGE IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENROLLMENTS IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES

• THERE ARE NOW THREE DATABASES FOR MEASURING THE IMPACT OF BLACK SCHOLARS: BUT ALWAYS THE POPULARITY CONTEST REMAINS

• NINETEENTH-CENTURY BLACK GRADUATES OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, Nora N. Nercessian

• A BLACK STUDENT STRUGGLES TO PAY FOR A BERKELEY EDUCATION, Sam Whiting

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