Review:The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education and Black Issues in Higher Education
by Mark J. Drozdowski Popping open a Diet Coke, I sat down recently to pore over the mail’s latest delivery: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. I must admit that, upon first glance, it’s rather intimidating–160 oversize pages, chock full of text and framed by a stark white cover featuring a lengthy table of contents. I took a deep breath, sipped my soda, and waded in. Within a few minutes I’d learned the following: Blacks earn fewer doctorates than racial parity would dictate. Of the 1,903 doctorates across 49 scientific fields awarded in 2001, a grand total of zero […]