James V. Koch, Omari H. Swinton

Vital and Valuable

The Relevance of HBCUs to American Life and Education

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Produktbeschreibung

Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are a crucial element of higher education in the United States. In Vital and Valuable, two distinguished economists provide a groundbreaking empirical analysis of HBCUs and offer actionable policy recommendations.

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Produktdetails

• Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 147mm x 225mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780231208987
• ISBN-10: 0231208987
• Artikelnr.: 65056884

Autorenporträt

James V. Koch is Board of Visitors Professor of Economics Emeritus and president emeritus at Old Dominion University. His recent books include Runaway College Costs: How College Governing Boards Fail to Protect Their Students (2020) and The Impoverishment of the American College Student (2019). Omari H. Swinton is chair, director of graduate studies, and professor in the Department of Economics at Howard University. He is a past president of the National Economics Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Removing the Veil
2. A Précis of the Case for HBCUs
3. Declining HBCU Enrollments-a Mystery or Not?
4. The Sample and the Data
5. Enrollment, Retention, and Graduation
6. A Deeper Dive into HBCU Dynamics
7. A Roadmap for the Future
Appendix A. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the
Sample
Appendix B. Observations on Panel Least Squares, Random Effects, and Fixed
Effects
Appendix C. Data tables
Notes
Index