The Growing Gender Gap in Black Higher Education

Abstract

Thirty years ago, black men who finished high school were far more likely to go on to college than were black women. Now, black men are falling far behind black women in almost every measurement of progress in higher education. In fact, as black women surge ahead in almost all academic categories, black men are faring far worse than they were several decades ago. The growing gender gap presents a serious problem, and nobody appears to have the slightest idea what to do about it.