DayStar Guide to Colleges for African Americans (Kaplan/Simon & Schuster; $20) and co-author of 8 Steps to Help Black Families Pay for College (Princeton Review; $13). The list, based on the DayStar rating, was calculated by developing a regression-based, weighted, multiplicative index combining four variables:
1 The school’s five-year graduation rate forAfrican Americans
2 The school’s percentage of African Americanundergraduate students
3 The school’s average survey score for theschool’s academic environment
4 The school’s average survey score for theschool’s social environment
TOP COLLEGES LIST: http://blackenterprise.com/CollegeOpen.asp?id=880