Perna, Laura W.Titus, Marvin A.2023-05-222023-05-222005-09-012006-08-07https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/34883Although comparable percentages of African American and White high school sophomores expect to finish college (Nettles & Perna, 1997), smaller shares of African Americans and Hispanics than of Whites actually enroll. Only 39% of African American and 32% of Hispanic high school graduates between the ages of 18 and 24 were addenrolled in college in 1999, compared with 45% of Whites (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2001).Higher EducationEducationArticle