Larger Numbers of Minorities Going Ivy
More blacks going to majority white colleges
By Tennille M. Robinson
October 23, 2006 -- Racial diversity among first-year students is increasing at Ivy League institutions and other high-ranking, predominantly white colleges and universities. The number of first-year African American students for the 2005—2006 academic year increased at universities such as Vanderbilt, Princeton, and Columbia, according to "The Progress of Black Student Enrollments at the Nation's Highest-Ranked Colleges and Universities," a study by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. MORE INFO