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Historically black colleges give graduates a wage boost

  • Written by Gregory N. Price, Professor, Economics, University of New Orleans
Research conflicts over how graduates of historically black colleges fare in the job market.sirtravelalot/Shutterstock.com

In 2010, two economists claimed that graduates of historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, suffer a “wage penalty” – that is, they earn relatively less than they would had they gone to a...

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