BIG Black Issues Quiz

Black Issues in Higher Education, Dec 10, 1998

The Black Issues Quiz offers you an opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions of Black Issues In Higher Education and is worth 10 points.

A perfect score of 100 grants membership in the prestigious and mythical Phi BIQeta Kappa honors society; a score of 80 to 90 grants membership in the Honor Society of BIQ Brains; a score of 60 to 70 grants membership in the Society of Not So BIQ Brains; and a score of 50 or below grants membership in the Reading Black Issues Is Fundamental program.

Think you are smart? Go ahead, give it a try? (Answer key appears at the bottom of the page.)

1 According to an analysis of Department of Education data, excluding Howard University, which Research I or II institution had the largest number of Black faculty members in the fall of 1995?

A -- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
B -- University of Maryland-College Park
C -- Temple University
D -- Ohio State University

2 According to an analysis of Department of Education data, which Research I or II institution had the largest number of Hispanic faculty members in the fall of 1995?

A -- University of Texas-Austin
B -- Arizona State University
C -- University of Miami
D -- University of New Mexico-Main

3 According to National Science Foundation data, the top 100 research universities--among which there are no historically Black institutions--received how much money from 10 federal agencies in 1993-94?

A -- $600 million
B -- $140 million
C -- $12.7 billion
D -- $1.27 billion

4 According to National Science Foundation data, the top 81 historically Black colleges and universities received how much money from 10 federal agencies in 1993-94?

A -- $600 million
B -- $140 million
C -- $12.7 million
D -- $1.27 billion

5 According to Sallie Mae, what was the most popular method to pay for college in 1997?

A -- scholarships, grants, and work study
B -- parents' savings and income
C -- federally guaranteed student loans
D -- students' savings and income

6 According to a 1997 Center for Disease Control and Prevention report, how many African Americans have diabetes, either Type 1 or Type 2?

A -- 11.3 million
B -- 2.3 million
C -- 1.2 million
D -- 123,000

7 During the Orangeburg Massacre in 1968, students from which institution were killed by police gunfire?

A -- Kent State University
B -- University of California, Berkeley
C -- Jackson State University
D -- South Carolina State University

8 According to the 1997 Racial Report Card's analysis of National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) data, what percentage of Division I athletics directors were African American men?

A -- 9.1 percent
B -- 17.3 percent
C -- 6.1 percent
D -- 23.9 percent

9 According to information from the U.S. bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Department of Education, in 1995, there were more Black men in prison cells than in college and university classrooms.

A -- True
B -- False

10 Dr. Steve Alexander Favors left his post as vice president for student affairs at Howard University to become the president of which historically Black institution?

A -- Dillard University
B -- Grambling State University
C -- Alabama A&M University
D -- Fisk University

Answers: 1-A, 2-D, 3-C, 4-B, 5-C, 6-B, 7-D, 8-A, 9-A, 10-B