Explain the five factors that account for the reversal in progress of African Americans in higher education
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Although African Americans are more likely today to be college graduates, the upward trend in the 1970s and 1980s has moderated. Several factors account for this reversal in progress:
1 . Reductions in financial aid and more reliance on loans than on grants-in-aid, coupled with rising costs, have discouraged students who would be the first members of their families to attend college.
2 . Pushing for higher standards in educational achievement without providing remedial courses has locked out many minority students.
3 . Employment opportunities, though slight for African Americans without some college, have continued to lure young people who must contribute to their family's income and who otherwise might have gone to college.
4 . Negative publicity about affirmative action may have discouraged some African Americans from even considering college.
5 . Attention to what appears to be a growing number of racial incidents on predominantly White college campuses has also been a discouraging factor.
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