Read a feature article from Issue No. 49 (Autumn 2005): |
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Hurricane Katrina's Devastating Effect on African-American Higher Education --- In late August, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. As a result, 20,000 African-American college students in New Orleans suddenly had nowhere to attend classes. About half of these black students were enrolled at the three historically black universities in the city. Damage estimates from the hurricane at these three institutions reach as high as $850 million. The Widening Racial Scoring Gap on the SAT College Admissions Test --- The racial scoring gap on the SAT test has now become wider than has been the case for the past two decades. | |
Other features from this issue: | |
MOTHER PARKS, TAKE YOUR REST WHEN PRINCETON WAS THE NORTHERNMOST UNIVERSITY TOWN OF THE OLD SOUTH, Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN: THE FISK YEARS, John Hope Franklin A CHECK-UP OF BLACK ENROLLMENTS AT AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE RACIAL CONVICTIONS OF THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR, Michael Lind WHEN HARVARD COLLEGE'S DORMITORIES WERE SEGREGATED BY RACE, Andrew Schlesinger CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY, 1921-2005 JBHE BOOK CRITIC'S CORNER HOW DOES YOUR COLLEGE COMPARE IN ENROLLING LOW-INCOME STUDENTS? | |
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