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The Changing Role of the Village: College Student Activism in the Post-Brown Era, 1967-1969
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Thompson, Carolyn J. – Urban Education, 2004
Social capital theory is used as a lens for examining the culture of an African American college student-led movement during the events of the San Francisco State College strike that began in 1968. Results reveal strong ties with the African American community as well as with a number of on- and off-campus networks. An in-depth look at the ties…
Descriptors: African American Community, State Colleges, Social Capital, Activism
Project Succeed Academy: A Public-Private Partnership to Develop a Holistic Approach for Serving Students With Behavior Problems
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Brown, Lionel – Urban Education, 2004
Alarming numbers of students, particularly minority students, are being suspended and expelled from our nation's schools. The surface issue is discipline; however, the underlying issues are literacy and barriers to academic success. To address these issues, a large urban district opened a new school for students who were not succeeding in…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, School Community Programs, Discipline Problems, Academic Achievement