English Literature

We learn from JBHE that black women are indeed the majority when it comes to  being successfully enrolled and graduating from college. (JBHEwww.jbhe.comnews_views51_gendergap_universities.html)  The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education  says that  JBHE has consistently documented the fact that black women hold a large lead over black men in almost every facet of higher education. Black women currently earn about two thirds of all African-American bachelors degree awards, 70 percent of all masters degrees, and more than 60 percent of all doctorates. Black women also hold a majority of all African-American enrollments in law, medical, and dental schools.  It is true that black women are demonstrating a stronger desire for a better education and success when we look at the ratio of black women who attend and graduate from college to those of black men. JBHE also defines the numbers of enrollments of black women to black men by a seventy-one percent margin at Emory University in the city of Atlanta. The ratio of black enrollees shows that black women make up the majority of black attendees at a rate of 63.6.
USA Today explains that  Employers in some fields may give extra financial incentives to young black women, who graduate from college at higher rates than young black men, said Roderick Harrison, a researcher at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a think tank that studies minority issues.  It is highly probable that with extra emphasis being placed on black women as a minority, it increases the odds of a black woman s success where education is the focus.
Black women are also carrying the extra load when it comes to financial burdens since they are becoming increasingly stronger in bringing in more income to black families, considering that many black women are single parents in today s society.  Financial aid to black women increases the chances of a higher success rate in raising children with higher incomes as well as adding to their husbands incomes which much of the time surpasses his income.
 Today, a vast amount of scholarships exist to assist with the growing population of African-American women who continue to seek college educations.  (Gillis 2009), Roe Gillis an ehow contributing writer tells us about black women. We are also told that scholarships are raising the odds for a black women to attend college and successfully graduate in larger numbers than black men. Black women are not only the minority since they are black but because they are also female which raises their odds of becoming even more successful than black men at universities. Chaz Kyser (Kyser2007) offers interesting data about just how far a black women can move up in rank over black men when persistent and when they are capable of taking advantage of the various financial aid programs so readily available.
Finally, it is obvious that Black women need to be strong since Black men are more likely not to attend or graduate college as G. Ayanna tells us that (Ayannna2009)  Black women raising boys in particular, are under a lot of pressure to present the world with a new generation of future husbands and fathers. Black women do try harder in college since they are very aware that they may very well become leading contributors.