MORE BLACK MALES HEAD TO COLLEGE

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, January 20, 1992                   TAG: 9201200054
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Cox News Service
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short
MORE BLACK MALES HEAD TO COLLEGE
Black males reversed an eight-year decline in college enrollment and set a record in 1990, according to a report released today by the American Council on Education.
Between 1988 and 1990, enrollment among black males increased 7.4 percent to 476,000, the council said. The previous record high of 464,000 was set in 1980.
The 10th annual Status Report on Minorities in Higher Education showed that while enrollment rates increased during that two-year period for all ethnic groups, minority enrollment far outpaced the enrollment rate for white students.
Between 1988 and 1990, minority college-level enrollment increased 10 percent, while white-student enrollment increased 3.8 percent.
The surge in black male enrollment was attributed, in part, to greater efforts among college recruiters, said Deborah Carter, assistant director of the council's Office of Minorities in Higher Education. The council is a non-profit association that represents about 1,600 colleges and universities.
"We would be wrong to look at the numbers, see progress, and conclude that recruitment and retention programs on behalf of under-served groups are no longer necessary" said ACE President Robert Atwell.
Despite the increases in black enrollment, council officials said minorities have not caught up with whites in the percentage going on to college.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB