Baccalaureate College of Origin of Black Doctorate Recipients

Production of black doctorates remains a problem of considerable concern. Expanding the pool of black holders of this degree will require the applications of greater effort and dedication than has previously been the case. Black recipients of the doctorate (Ph.D., Ed.D., D.B.A. and similar degrees) have constituted barely four percent of the 30,000 degrees awarded annually for the last few years. Observers have noted with interest the relative success of a number of colleges and universities in directing a significant proportion of their graduates toward graduate study and doctoral degrees. More than a few of these institutions happen to be black. One wonders if these campuses do indeed turn out an outsize proportion of young people who go on to earn the doctoral degree. If such is the case, one wonders about the nature of those institutions which have experienced such success. Further, results or exercises which answer these questions may have some implications for social policy.