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What are the reasons for this situation? What are the potential consequences if these trends are not changed? .
             Part of the problem is encouraging Black youths to make the transition from high school to college. The more crucial concern, however, "is getting Black youths through college to graduation and into and graduate from graduate and professional schools" (Wilson, p.459). To begin addressing these significant questions, it is necessary to examine some factors that are affecting Blacks in higher education in recent years. Recent research clearly shows that the higher erosion rates of Black students are largely due to their economic background. Yet, "it has also become clear that when socio-economic factors are controlled, the attrition rate of Blacks after enrolling in college is not strikingly different from that of Whites" (David, p.371). This points directly to the significance of economic factors on the success of Black Students after college enrollment. Other factors include the academic preparation of Black students for college, the availability of family and financial-aid resources, Why does equal opportunity in higher educational institutions continue to be a problem for minorities? What are the options for improving the enrollment and graduation of minorities in college and Universities? These are some of the major questions that must be addressed in a logical research outline of Affirmative action in education. .
             "The Civil Rights" Movement of the 1950's and 1960's was in part a struggle to gain for minorities equal access to the nation's institutions of higher learning" (Lang, p.514). Yet, over 40 years later, minorities are still underrepresented, as students and faculty at predominately White colleges and universities across the country. The unbalanced status of minorities in University's has generated considerable debate over the last few years. It was President John F.