Describes the career and accomplishments of Jane Ellen McAllister and highlights her years at Southern University, Virginia State, Fisk University, Miner Teachers College, Grambling State University, and Jackson State College. Also evaluates McAllister's impact on Black education in general. (GC)

Outlines historical events in Black women's higher education. Issues related to whether higher education for Black women should be separate or coeducational, whether or not curriculum should be specially tailored, and whether or not Black women have special needs that should be addressed are presented. (Author)

Black colleges contribute significantly to the development of Black doctorates: fifty-five percent of the 8,232 Blacks who were granted doctoral degrees between 1975 and 1980 had received their baccalaureates from predominantly Black colleges. (AOS)

Reviews the history and accomplishments of Tuskegee Institute over the past 100 years. Highlights the role played by Booker T. Washington, and W. E. B. DuBois; discusses the career of the school's retiring president, Luther Foster. Provides information on the new president, Dr. Benjamin Payton, and discusses future directions for the college. (APM)

Examines the role that the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has played in Black higher education. Provides an historical sketch of the financial situation of Black education prior to the Fund's establishment in 1944, discusses UNCF's objectives and achievements, and suggests ways for improving fund raising by the organization. (GC)

Describes a plan to end Mississippi's 26-year-old college desegregation case, which is hailed by government officials but criticized by others, who say it fails to improve access to college for black students. (EV)

Discusses some implications of an end-of-the-century "fetishization of merit" in the academy. Considers the concern about the conversion of merit into a class-based fetish that has profound consequences for the development of the next generation of the black professoriat and the role of the historically black colleges and universities in this…

Highlights the misalignment between the Carnegie Classification and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), explaining that the Carnegie classes are too broadly defined and thus overlook the distinctive aspects of HBCUs. Notes early attempts to classify HBCUs. Recommends a separate classification that focuses solely on HBCUs and…

Discusses the impact that Spelman and Bennett Colleges have had on educational opportunities for Black women and highlights the contributions to the Black community of several alumnae from these institutions. Also provides an extensive bibliography of materials that focuses on Black women and higher education. (Author/GC)

Describes the role of America's 117 historically Black colleges. These institutions seek to foster competence and instill confidence in Black students, whatever their background, in an atmosphere free of racial tension. (DM)

Today, church-related colleges supported by the three African-American branches of Methodism (Christian Methodist Episcopal, African Methodist Episcopal, African Methodist Episcopal Zion) are thriving, and see a bright future. Despite early segregation in the Methodist Church, African-American and predominantly white Methodist groups are…

Without the leadership of Estelle Osborne, Mable Staupers, Rita Miller, and Elizabeth Carnegie, Black women would have been frozen into the lowest strata of nursing at a time when White nursing leadership became convinced that nursing education belonged on college campuses rather than in hospitals. (Author/GC)

Analyzes reasons for poor achievement by Blacks on the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) and the implication of test results for Black colleges. Discusses results on other standardized tests by Blacks and Whites, the nature of NTE, Black students' lack of basic skills, and Black institutional policy factors. (DC)

The few existing historically Black Presbyterian colleges are struggling for survival. The church is encouraging the colleges to become self-sufficient as the predominantly white Presbyterian colleges are but does not want to diminish church ties. (MSE)

Examines the Clinton administration's proposal to radically overhaul the system for financing higher education. A summary of selected programs (primarily for higher education) is presented. The programs are included in the 1994 education appropriation and are considered relevant to African Americans. (GLR)