Apartheid. USA 1988

December 3, 1987:

The Census Bureau says whites are twice as likely as blacks to complete college, although there is a far smaller gap between the races in finishing High School. The proportion of adults 25 and older who had completed High School rose from 24 percent in 1940 to 74 percent in 1985. The percentage of adults 25 and older who had completed four or more years of college climbed from 5 percent in 1940 to 19 percent in 1985.

Educators have expressed alarm about past findings that found a drop in the percentage of black High School graduates 18 to 24 years old who are enrolled in college. The

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percentage of those blacks enrolled in college fell from 33.5 percent in 1976 to 26.1 percent in 1985.^179.

179. The New York Times, from a report by the Associated Press