The Status of Equity for Black Undergraduates in Public Higher Education in the South: Still Separate and Unequal*

The Higher Education Act and Minority Serving Institutions: Towards a Typology of Title III and V Funded Programs

“…Several studies documented a history of inequitable state funding to HBCUs [47,48,[57][58][59][60]. The legacy of legislative wrangling reveals how such funding patterns were fought in court beginning in the late 19th century.…”

The status of equity for black faculty and administrators in public higher education in the south

“…As Perna et al (2006) discuss, efforts to establish the degree of ''inequity'' in various outcomes typically use such measures as participation rates and relative levels of representation (e.g., comparing the representation of Blacks among undergraduate enrollments and high school graduates). Nonetheless, to make meaningful comparisons across racial/ ethnic groups, an examination of race/ethnic equity in higher education outcomes must also take into account differences in the size of each group's population, as well as differences in the rate of change in the size of each group's population (Heller, 1999;Price and Wohlford, 2005).…”

“…More recently, researchers (e.g., Bensimon, Hao, and Bustillos, 2006;Perna et al, 2006;Price and Wohlford, 2005) have used equity indices to assess the status of different groups on various outcomes. Bensimon et al (2006) developed the Academic Equity Scorecard, a set of equity indicators that they recommend be included in state accountability reports.…”

“…Institutional receptivity focuses on equity in the composition of faculty, including new faculty appointments, and tenured and tenure track faculty. Perna et al (2006) utilized this framework to create indices that assess the status of African Americans among undergraduate enrollments and bachelorÕs degree completions in each of the 19 states, as well as for different types of public higher education institutions in each state. Perna et al (2006) offered several reasons for using this approach to measure equity.…”

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“…Of particular interest is a study that examined the status of equity for blacks in enrollment and bachelor's degree attainment at public institutions of higher education in the South (Perna and others, 2006). Perna and her colleagues found that despite some progress, public colleges and universities in the South remain greatly unequal for African Americans, with race being the strongest determinant of access and opportunity in higher education.…”