Three Magic Letters is currently in its second printing. The first run, published on Feb. 15, has already sold out. U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., has ordered 700 copies of the book, to be handed out to students who attended his annual higher education conference in Philadelphia,
“This is one of our fastest selling books ever,” says Kathy Alexander, a spokeswoman for John Hopkins University Press.
According to the book, Black graduate students often find themselves at a disadvantage academically. They receive fewer opportunities to contribute to and publish research articles and are less likely to secure research assistantships. Three Magic Letters notes gender and other ethnicity-specific differences in the lives of graduate students. Nettles hopes the book will prove useful to administrators as they evaluate their diversity and affirmative action outreach programs. That emphasis is especially timely, as pressure continues to mount on research universities to open their minority programs to all students.
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