1 REMOVING THE VEIL

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. 1 REMOVING THE VEIL 1
6. 2 A PRÉCIS OF THE CASE FOR HBCUs 17
7. 3 DECLINING HBCU ENROLLMENTS— A MYSTERY OR NOT? 59
8. 4 THE SAMPLE AND THE DATA 96
9. 5 ENROLLMENT, RETENTION, AND GRADUATION 115
10. 6 A DEEPER DIVE INTO HBCU DYNAMICS 155
11. 7 A ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE 172
12. APPENDIX A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS) IN THE SAMPLE 211
13. APPENDIX B OBSERVATIONS ON PANEL LEAST SQUARES, RANDOM EFFECTS, AND FIXED EFFECTS 213
14. APPENDIX C DATA TABLES 217
15. NOTES 233
16. INDEX 257