October 17, 2003

Minority Enrollment in Colleges More Than Doubled in Past 20 Years, Study Finds

By ALICE GOMSTYN

The number of minority students enrolled in college has more than doubled since 1980, according to an annual report released last week by the American Council on Education. The report says that in 2000, 4.3 million African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American, and American Indian students attended college, up from just under 2 million in 1980.

But "there is significant progress yet to be made" in achieving educational parity among all races, said William B. Harvey, author of the report

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