Moving Upward and Onward: Income Mobility at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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2019
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Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions
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This report aims are to (1) examine the intergenerational income mobility experienced by students who recently attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) and (2) to examine variation across HBCUs, including on such measures as upward mobility into the top fifth of income earners.

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities, social mobility, African American students, academic achievement
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