Black women have surpassed every other group in college enrollment - Most Educated.

[franksterr]

The percentage difference between African-American Women and the next closest group is striking and now marks the first time this group (or any other group) has surpassed Asian Males. Black Female College Enrollment at 9.7 percent is a full percentage point above the next group which represents an 11.5 percent enrollment rate above Asian Females. This statistic is equally impressive in that in one year, Black Females and Asian Females surpassed Asian Males as the leading group in College enrollment (U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: October 2010.)

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In 2010, the annual report listed Asian Males leading at 9.8 percent and Black Females a close second at 9.6 percent. Asian Females followed in third at 9.5 percent. At the time of this report, no immediate details were available to explain the 10.3 percent drop in Asian Males and the 11.5 percent drop in enrollment data for Asian Females.
African-American Men
African-American Men have also realized significant gains over the 2000-2011 year periods. From the same data series in 2000, the Black Male College Enrollment rate was 5.2 percent and as of 2011, the rate was measured at 7.0 percent, representing a 34.6 percent increase. This is also a first as there is no longer a significant statistical difference between Black Male College Enrollment and White Female (7.1 percent.) From the Department of Education, iPEDS data reporting set in the academic year 2010-2011 there were 1,444,979 Black Males in post-secondary degree granting institutions (US Only/non-duplicated)
So what does this mean?
Overall and despite the never-ending narrative around the social, economic and educational disparities African-Americans may face in these tough times; despite the systemic barriers and the proverbial deck of cards being stacked against a community, the data and evidence provides a ray of hope oppositional to the negative imagery and information constantly describing Black culture. The facts make a case counter-intuitive to what “common sense” tells us about African-Americans. Fortunately, this group of resilient and resourceful people, who have always valued education, are once again proving “good sense” trumps the commons

http://naturallymoi.com/2013/06/good-news-black-women-have-highest-college-enrollment-than-any-race/

Black women are graduating high school, attending college, participating in the labor force, and starting businesses at higher rates, but they still aren’t seeing the rewards of their hard work, according to a recent report from the Black Women’s Roundtable, the women’s initiative of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.
Young black women have increased their high school graduation rate by 63 percent over the past 50 years, more than tripling it and “virtually eliminating the gap with Asian women (down to 2%), and significantly narrowing the gap with white women (7%),” the report notes. That gap between the rates of black women and white women has shrunk from 22 percent in 1960. They’ve also decreased their dropout rates, particularly in recent years. In 2006, 12 percent of black women dropped out of high school, and that number has declined consistently since 2007, falling by more than 40 percent and reaching 6.4 percent in 2011.
After they leave high school, black women have begun to dominate college. “Though all women lead their male counterparts in college enrollment and degree attainment,” the report says, “Black women do so at higher rates than any other group of women in America.” In 2010, they were 66 percent of all blacks who finished a Bachelor’s Degree, 71 percent with a Master’s, and 65 percent with a Doctorate.
And they keep excelling after they graduate. “As they have from the beginning of their experience in America, Black women lead all women in labor force participation rates,” according to the report. Their labor force participation rate is higher than all other women, and that continues to be true even after they become mothers. They are also very entrepreneurial, starting businesses at six times the national average and representing the fastest growing segment of women-owned businesses. Black women own more than 1 million firms, employ 272,000 people other than themselves, and generate an estimated $44.9 billion in revenue.

But even as they’ve been working harder on their educations and starting more businesses, black women aren’t seeing higher returns. While women working full-time, on average, make 77 percent of what men make, black women make 64 percent of what white men make. In 2010, single black women’s median wealth, or income and assets minus obligations, was just $100, compared to single white women’s $41,500. Almost half had zero or negative wealth. Even though they participate in the workforce at elevated rates, they are stuck in low paying work — they “are more likely than any group in America to work for poverty-level wages, thereby making them the most likely of all Americans to be among the working poor,” the report notes. They also experience high unemployment rates, with a 9.9 percent rate compared to 5.1 percent for white women.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04/03/3422550/black-women-education-work/

[Wahalla]

this has happened a long time ago in the carribean... more women than men graduate from UWI! more black women than white women graduate from UWI, more black women than chinese men graduate from UWI....

[Tropicana]

This is not a good thing.

• Black women have surpassed every other group in college enrolment - Most Educated.

It is one of the factor contributing in the abysmal level of success when it comes to marriage rates. Black women are over-educating themselves...right out of the marriage market. Most men do not have the cojones to handle an educated and highly intelligent woman.

If an when my granddaughter comes into being, she will not be going to college until after she is married.

[Tropicana]

Jewish families get this. I remember a friend of mine from university days told me that her mother chastised her:

"Why are you sending that girl for all of that education? How do you ever expect her to find a husband?"

We need to pay attention and take a leaf out of the book of groups that have more success in the marriage arena.

[franksterr]

If an when my granddaughter comes into being, she will not be going to college until after she is married.

The above almost sounds sexist to me - Why would a woman need a man in order to receive a college level education?

I do not think the answer should be to either to deny or delay the education of our girls but rather to increase the amount of our boys being educated and the level of the education they receive.

Whether or not we should allow boys to receive tertiary education earlier than girls may seem sexist to some

Lets us not dumb down our boys or girls, but instead lift them up. If our men are having a hard time dealing with educated women then lets teach/train then on how to grow huge cojones to match our women expanded.......... minds.

[Tropicana]

The above almost sounds sexist to me -

Whether or not we should allow boys to receive tertiary education earlier than girls may seem sexist to some

Lets us not dumb down our boys or girls, but instead lift them up. If our men are having a hard time dealing with educated women then lets teach/train then on how to grow huge cojones to match our women expanded.......... minds.

In an ideal world that would be the way to go but it will take DECADES to do that and I don't know if we will ever get there. We have to deal with reality and as they are it makes no sense for Black women to continue pricing themselves out of the marriage market.

With few exceptions, when the woman is much more educated than the man the marriage simply does not work as the man feels threatened and begins to suffer from teenie-weenie syndrome. I'll never forget this Jamaican man up here who told his wife to leave her MBA at the door. There are of course exceptions but they are few and far between. .

[blugiant]

a latt of black oomen owe a lot students' loan debt

blakk oomen being misedumakkkated

[Xavier]

This is not a good thing.

• Black women have surpassed every other group in college enrolment - Most Educated.

It is one of the factor contributing in the abysmal level of success when it comes to marriage rates. Black women are over-educating themselves...right out of the marriage market. Most men do not have the cojones to handle an educated and highly intelligent woman.

If an when my granddaughter comes into being, she will not be going to college until after she is married.

I disagree...this provides options...also why should a black woman limit herself to dating one race...

[Blackstar*]

'Marrying Down' Costs Educated Women $25K a Year
A new theory posits that a less educated husband can spell financial ruin for educated women, especially Black women.

Source

[Tropicana]

The voice of reason.

[Tropicana]

I disagree...this provides options...also why should a black woman limit herself to dating one race...

Xavier I assure you, in most instances it is not a case of Black women limiting themselves to dating one race. Remember you posted the studies from dating site data a while back that indicated Black women were getting the cold shoulder from men of other races.

So how is pricing themselves out of the marriage market providing Black women with options other than to increase the chances that they'll end up alone? I'm not getting it.

[blugiant]

y dem tink blakk oomen are da moas educated cah dem surpass every group in college enrollment? iff dem sed dat blakk oomen surpass everee addar group inn college graduation den dat wood bee a accomplishment? mii wood luv fe see da studee dat show blakk oomen mekking more butt wii know oyinbo oomen mekking more

joke argument thread

[blugiant]

I disagree...this provides options...also why should a black woman limit herself to dating one race...

wey yuh reallee seyinn x-man

ar yuh seying dat blakk oomen woo onlee date blakk men limiting demselves?

so mii guess mzungu playtings juss xxploring dem options instead aff bowinn

sellout argument ting dat

[Wahalla]

'Marrying Down' Costs Educated Women $25K a Year
A new theory posits that a less educated husband can spell financial ruin for educated women, especially Black women.

Source

why is a woman marrying a man who has one or two fewer degrees considered marrying down ?

Does the distaff postion mean that a man with multiple degrees who marry s someone without is considered marrying down ?

if we have the postion where a lesbian with multiple degrees who marrys another lesbian without is that marrying down ?

just remember this is coming from a miseducated person with less than two years of primary education!

[franksterr]

'Marrying Down' Costs Educated Women $25K a Year
A new theory posits that a less educated husband can spell financial ruin for educated women, especially Black women.

Source

That Quote is misleading it doesn't cost the black woman herself personally a loss of income, but her household. Had she married someone just as educated as herself then their combine income would be more.

Here is a quote from your source which more accurately describes the situation

A White or Black woman who marries someone less educated will suffer a household income of $25,000 less a year. Because educated Black women more frequently marry a less educated man, the income deficit affects Black families more often

With that in mind it is still better for a black woman to be educate and marry down than to be uneducated and marry someone equally uneducated.......as their combine income would be even less.

Your source goes further to let you know that the

The onus doesn't fall on Black women though, Marsh says

And that

According to the science, the best way to ensure a financially stable future is to get an education

seems to still hold true.

The implications are clear get educated whether you black man or woman, having an education is rarely a wrong move in most situation, and financially the higher the better.