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This study examines institutions that demonstrate a remarkable ability to grant undergraduate degrees to African American women, White women, and Latinas who subsequently earned doctorates or who are listed in one of three 1991-1992 editions of Who’s Whobooks: Who’s Who in America (1992), Who’s Who Among Hispanic Americans (Unterburger, 1993), and Who’s Who

Among Black Americans (Brelin, 1992). 2 This qualitative study is designed to determine what campus constituents perceive as the important attitudes, values, and behaviors that facilitate the success of women students. I used a single-question protocol because it offered campus constituents the freedom to voice their beliefs about their institutions without being influenced by my preconceived notions (Lincoln & Guba, 1985). The question I asked all institutional informants was:“Why do you think your institution has produced so …