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lege did not vary from 30
percent.
Here are other f cts and a
tabI on colleg enrollment
from th report, folio ed by
chart owin Bl ck high hool
gradu t totals for lected
year :
-From 1970 to 1984 th
number of Bl ck college stu­
d nts e 14 to 34 more than
doubled to 1.1 million hile
the numb r of bite colleg
udent ro by 37 percent
to 9.3 million. 0 of th
lncr a for both group
occurred in th fir t half of tha
period.
-Before 1976 the number
of Bl ck men and omen en­
rolled in college did not differ
. significantly. Since 1976 how­
ever, more BI ck omen hav
been enrolled than Black men
except in 1984 when there a
no significant difference.
in all survey, the data
are subject to sampling vari­
bllity and respon errors. .
Copie of the report School
Enrollment - Social and Econo­
mic Characteristics of Students:
October 1984 (advance report),
Serle P-20, o. 404, ar avail-
. able from the Superintendent
of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington,
D.C. 20402.
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South es ern
Ichigan Group
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kind
mp ny p rtr it-
ur or." Having heard
previously bout S BA,
Jame decided to formally
attend their January m ting to
gain in ight into what is fford-.
ed th t might help p nd my
horizons. '
Tommy Thornton,
e perti . on the panel s
Diver ificati nIter touched
on the topi on ems his
nd D r th '
in p rti ular. u ine es
in gen r 1.
Thou
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-. "Ther
n t on p n in this � m
th t can t mak million dol­
lars" de lared Tommy Thorn­
ton to n udi n e of t enty­
five as he opened his segment
of busine offer d
by the UIUW_.ern
Minonty Bu' e s elation.
"You are only limited by your
imagination, your sti -to-it­
ne s and your bility to come
up with better product. If
you are ditch di er then
di better ditch. Di it deeper,
wider line it with fur, and ay
ow 100 t m ditch and
p y m more for it'. '
The Southwestern i hi an
inority Busine s A so i tion
opened the 19 6 year January
8 t 7:00 p.m. in the all­
purpos r om 0 th D uglas
ommunity enter' the fifth
uch meetin for the group
hich has met the first edn -
day of every month since
S ptember 19 5. This year,
however, thanks to W B
Planning Committee chaired by
Vera Owens ne format
wa offered fe turin erninar
consisting of five panelist -
Earl and Carol Scott Tommy
and Dorothy Thornton and Dr.
artha B. arfield. E ch
addres ed his/her fields of exper­
tise - Franchising, Diversificat­
ion and Con ulting and Human
vice respectively.
'Pre ntly, we have thirty
qu i-mernb in our group,'
y Joe Gibbons, the pre ident
of S BA, and joint owner
of J B Co puters with hi
wife ri gette. "But e're
looking' to attract member
throughout this ar a, Grand
R pid Benton Harbor . . .
even farther if they ish to
join. '
Gail Sydnor, busine con-
ultant and grants writer for
busine and ' individuals,
