Description:
By critically examining the legal, institutional, and social factors that prohibit or promote students' college choices, this Volume undermines the notion that African American students and their families are opposed to formal education, and reveals structural barriers which they face in accessing elite institutions.
Review Quotes:
"This book is based on a mixed-methods study conducted by staff from various campuses of the University of California to determine why high-achieving African American students accepted by that system chose to go elsewhere. It seeks to determine how various factors contribute to college choice, and to provide policy recommendations to enhance the capacity of more selective public universities.
The book closes with strategies designed to increase campus diversity, suggesting that more competitive campuses be more proactive in recruiting these students, particularly in environments where affirmative action is not a factor."
--D. E. Williams, emeritus, Uiniversity of Akron, Choice