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1980s African American Education

Amount of Blacks in college

1980: Impressive 718,000
1987: Growing more slowly, 855,000
*1988: Sliding back down to 785,000
*In 1988, the enrollment of black men declined, while it increased for women. There were 179,000 black women in college, then black men.

Percentage of highs school graduates going to college

1960-1970: Males exceeded women
1980's: women overtake men and never lost the lead

Popular concentration in education in the 1980's

1981: business and management were the most popular of all black bachelor's degree recipients. 13,325 blacks earned a bachelor's degree in business and management (40% earned in historically black colleges).

The Black and White Gap

"The average scores of black students have remained well below those of whites, and at age 17, the reading achievement of black students was lower last year than it was in 1988—a depressing reversal of the gains made over the previous two decades,"......

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