January 31, 2003

Black Students Lack Mentors in Schools, Study Finds

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Black high-school students are less likely than their white classmates to form strong mentor relationships with teachers and other adult school officials, relationships that can help motivate students to attend college, according to a study released this month.

The study, an analysis of statistics from a U.S. Education Department survey that tracked 14,915 students from 1988 to 1994, found that students who formed good relationships with officials in high school had higher educational

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