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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2004

A Review of 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 went to African Americans. Only two Cal Tech faculty members are black.

The number of African American to medical school has dropped 24 percent over the past six years.

Whites are five times as likely as blacks to score well on the Medical College Admission Test, and 12.5 times more likely to achieve a high score on the LSAT.

African Americans are largely absent from America’s top art and music departments.

Among the 117 head coaches in NCAA Division I football, only four are black.

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