A report on the educational status of black women during the un decade of women, 1976–85
By most statistical indicators, the educational gains made by black women during the past decade are rapidly being eroded: high school completion rates and college enrollment figures are declining, and dropout rates are increasing. The increase in black women earning bachelors and graduate degrees is due almost entirely to their higher participation rates in college. A higher proportion of blacks than whites are below 24 years of age; declining enrollments at a time when the black population is expanding reflects a significant loss. Important areas for policy initiatives include increases in financial aid. a critical factor in college attendance by black women-particularly at the graduate and professional degree levels-improvement in quality of primary and secondary education and counseling, and continuing education programs for teenage mothers.
Teaching minority students
What variables promote success for minority students? How can faculty exploit these variables in order to improve these students' chances of success?
Personality patterns of delinquent females: ethnic and sociocultural variations.
Identified personality patterns of delinquent females and determined the relationship of ethnicity and socioeconomic status to delinquent personality patterns. A sample of 48 white, black and Hispanic adjudicated delinquents, aged 13-18, of three SES levels, was obtained from a suburban Bay Area probation department. Ss were administered the Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines, the Rorschach and the WAIS or WISC-R. Analysis of test profiles revealed four "personality patterns:" Borderline (N = 7), antisocial (N = 14), neurotic (N = 18) and socialized delinquent (N = 9). Personality patterns differed significantly among ethnic and SES groups. White delinquents were more likely to be neurotic than blacks or Hispanics. Middle-class delinquents were more likely to be neurotic than lower-class delinquents. Implications of the results are discussed in terms of the assessment and treatment of female delinquents, particularly the need to match treatment interventions to specific delinquent personality patterns.