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<p>The higher graduation rates at HBCUs are offset by a “hefty wage penalty”:</p>

<p>[The</a> Declining Payoff From Black Colleges - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/the-declining-payoff-from-black-colleges/]The”>The Declining Payoff From Black Colleges - The New York Times)</p>

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The study found that historically black colleges and universities — often known as H.B.C.U.’s — lifted the pay of their graduates in the 1970s relative to their attending other colleges, all else equal, but that these colleges now bring a hefty wage penalty, on average, for their graduates. One possible reason is that traditionally white institutions began doing a better job of educating their black students in recent years, according to the paper.

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<p>The study is [The</a> Causes and Consequences of Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities by Roland Fryer, Michael Greenstone :: SSRN](<a href=“http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=979336]The”>http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=979336) .</p>