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Section: October 1998
Front
Page
Lead Story
They're talking on campus...
On the Road
ActionLine NEA
In the Know
From Capital to Campus
NEA Affilitates in Action
Higher Education News
Money Savvy
The Dialogue
Thriving in Academe
Speaking Out
They're talking on campus. . .
… about a finding that African Americans still lag far behind whites
in attendance rates at public four-year colleges in the South.
The Southern Education Foundation study, "Miles To Go," finds that African Americans were 15 percent of freshman at four-year colleges in the 19 southern states in 1976 and only 17 percent in 1996.
…about the State of Working America, which says the typical American
family is probably worse off near the end of the 1990s than it was at the
end of the 1980s. Despite some recent gains, notes the report, the most
important development regarding American incomes has been slow growth and
increasing inequality since 1979.
Only corporate profits, the stock market, and top-executive pay are doing better than in the past, says the Economic Policy Institute. To find out more, visit: http://epinet.org/.
