University of Virginia Library

Graduate Schools

In the graduate schools, the number of
blacks increased from 92 students in 1969 to
115 students this year. The graduate divisions
are now almost 2.7 per cent black.

Detracting from this increased enrollment is
the factor of black students in the graduate
school of education. Seventy-two black
students or over 30 per cent of the blacks
enrolled in the University are in this school.

Many of the blacks enrolled in the graduate
education school are only part-time students
who take night courses and work outside of the
University during the day. Many of these
graduate students do not reside in the
University.

According to Mr. Saunier, the increases in
black enrollment are attributed to the special
recruitment programs carried on in high schools
last year by the University's black students.