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Article: Comparing the Educational Attainment of the Parents of Black and White Children in the United States
- Article from:
- The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright CH II Publishers, Inc. Autumn 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Probably the best indicator of the likelihood that a child will go to college is whether one or both of his or her parents attended college. In the percentage of parents who hold a college degree, blacks trail whites by a large margin.
Educational Attainment of Black and White Parents
Percentage of All Parents of Children Ages 6 to 18 Who Hold a Four-Year College Degree, 2005
For children ages 6 to 18, 31.7 percent of whites in America have a mother who holds a four-year college degree. For black children of the same age, 15.3 percent of ...