Blacks Account For..........
Education
A complete lack of representation..........
The National Conference of Catechetical Leadership
reports in the National Profile of Diocesan
Directors of Religious Education that among the
diocesan-level D.R.E. that they surveyed, there are
no Black representatives;
That among the Superintendents in Catholic
Education there are no Black representatives;
The percentage of urban and inner-city schools
has remained fairly stable since 1967 where 14.1%
were located in inner-city areas, as compared to
1999 when 12.8% are in inner-city areas.
In terms of actual numbers, Black students
enrollment has declined from a high of approximately
270,000 students in 1982 to approximately 210,000
students in 1999, a drop of over 50,000 students.
While African Americans currently make up
approximately 8% of the student population in
Catholic elementary and secondary schools, they
comprise only 2.78% of Catholic School faculty. [NCEA,
1999]
Catholic Institutions of higher education rank
near the bottom in terms of Black enrollment, with
only Jewish colleges and universities having a lower
representation of Blacks. {U.S. Dept. of Education's
National Center for Education Statistics} [NCES]
Virtual gender parity in high school and college
completion exists between Black women and men, and
the two are equally likely to hold doctorates.
However, more women now hold professional degrees
and are nearly twice as likely as men to hold
master's degrees, developments that suggest a
declining representation of black men in college.
[NAACP]
There are 2 Black Presidents of Institutions of
Higher Education. [Association of Catholic Colleges
and Universities].
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