Black Students Are Being Shut Out Of Top Public Colleges And the Supreme Court could soon make it

[still_one]

even worse

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — As racial unrest sweeps across major college campuses, and African-American students demand more equitable treatment, college administrators need look no farther than their own admissions offices to find one root of the problem.
The nation’s flagship public universities — large, taxpayer-funded institutions whose declared mission is to educate residents of their states — enroll far smaller proportions of black students than other colleges, and the number appears to be declining, according to federal records and college enrollment data analyzed by The Hechinger Report and The Huffington Post.
On average, just 5 percent of students at the nation’s flagship public universities are black. As recently as a decade ago, that figure was higher, although changing methods of counting racial categories makes a precise comparison difficult.
Even here at the University of Virginia, which prides itself on the diversity of its campus, just 8 percent of students are black. Just 5 percent are black Virginians, in a state where 22 percent of public high school graduates are African-American. (Low-income students are also underrepresented at top schools).
Virginia is hardly unusual. At most flagships, the African-American percentage of the student population that is black is well below that of the state’s public high school graduates. Typical are the University of Delaware, with a student body that is 5 percent African-American in a state where 30 percent of public high school graduates are black, and the University of Georgia, where it’s 7 percent compared with 34 percent.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-students-are-being-shut-out-of-top-public-colleges_56703e08e4b0e292150f40c4

[randys1]

1. Well that surely cant be...didnt some little poor white girl say that the system was

unfair to her?


"We have the Hateful 8, Ridiculous 6, now thanks to Scalia and Co. we have the #JiveFive"

[still_one]

2. yeah, they are trying to turn back the clock to the fifties and sixties. Scalia is an embarrassment

and a racist

[randys1]

4. Trying hell, after what we saw today the cons are in a better place to take the WH

and god help us

[still_one]

5. Unfortunately, I can't argue with you on that

[JI7]

3. this is one reason i oppose sanders plan on this issue

I could support it if the lack of equality was first dealt with.

[leftofcool]

7. Exactly!

[Number23]

6. I'm in this forum today like "when did this stuff get posted here?" There has been so much

GARBAGE -- and reasons to celebrate -- in GD and GDP the past few days that it's been overwhelming.

Thank you for posting this. It's too important to get overshadowed by DU drama. No matter how delicious.