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A Black Educator in the Segregated South. Kentucky's Rufus B. Atwood.
Smith, Gerald L. – 1994
This book reviews the career of Rufus Ballard Atwood, who served as president of Kentucky State University from 1929 to 1962. The book describes how he was often chosen by whites to represent the African American community on boards and commissions and how these appointments gave him access to the state's political and educational power structure.…
Descriptors: Biographies, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Institutions
College in Black and White: African American Students in Predominantly White and in Historically Black Public Universities. State University of New York Series, Frontiers in Education.
Allen, Walter R., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This collection contains 15 papers on issues surrounding equal opportunities in higher education for African Americans during the decades since predominantly white campuses became desegregated. Papers are organized in four parts: (1) Orienting Perspectives to the Study of Black Students in U.S. Higher Education; (2) The Under Graduate Years:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Education
Strategies for Change.
Lindquist, Jack – 1978
Strategies for change in higher education are offered in an attempt to better cope with the changing environment facing higher education (i.e., diversity of students, declining enrollments, and retrenchment). Section I (Planned Change Theory and Research) examines strategies for change, the ivory tower image, and educational and organizational…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Black Colleges, Change Strategies, Church Related Colleges
The Higher Education-Economic Development Connection. Emerging Roles for Public Colleges and Universities in a Changing Economy.
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Chmura, Tom; And Others – 1986
Ways that colleges are involved in economic development and how these roles develop at different colleges are discussed, along with the rationale and benefits for college involvement in economic development. Attention is directed to key programmatic, policy, organizational, and strategic issues that need to be addressed with increased college…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Role, Continuing Education, Economic Development
Places Where Teachers Are Taught. First Edition.
Goodlad, John I., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This book utilizes 29 case histories of geographically and institutionally diverse teacher education programs to provide a comprehensive historical perspective on teacher education in the United States. The volume, organized into four parts, is further divided into nine chapters. "Part One: "Teacher Education: A Contemporary Perspective…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Segregation, Diversity (Institutional), Economic Factors
Successful Fund Raising for Higher Education. The Advancement of Learning. Series on Higher Education.
Rhodes, Frank H. T., Ed. – 1997
This book presents 11 case studies of effective partnership fundraising at various institutions of higher education. After a foreword by Peter McE. Buchanan and a preface and introduction by Frank H.T. Rhodes, chapters are: (1) Successful Fund Rising at a Large Private Research University: Cornell University (Frank H. T. Rhodes and Inge T.…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Case Studies, Church Related Colleges, Community Colleges
The Art and Politics of College Teaching. A Practical Guide for the Beginning Professor.
Sawyer, R. McLaren, Ed.; Prichard, Keith W., Ed.; Hostetler, Karl D., Ed. – 1992
This book, intended for those in the early years of an academic career, presents papers on academic career development organized into two parts: Part 1 is on role expectations for beginning professors at eight institutions of higher education and part 2 describes career patterns by faculty members. Each of the two Parts begins with an editorial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Black Colleges, Career Development