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Murphy, Mary Kay, Ed. – 1989
The process of acquiring financial support from private foundations is discussed in 26 essays, divided into five categories (Targeting the Foundation Market; Getting Started: Tools of the Trade; The Process of Foundation Fund Raising; The Grant Maker's Perspective; and Focused Programs and Foundation Support). A prologue, "Ethics and Foundation…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Donors, Ethics, Fund Raising
Preer, Jean L. – 1982
Issues in black higher education are examined from both educational and legal standpoints. It is noted that ambivalence toward the black public college has confounded the definition and implementation of desegregation, and that efforts to desegregate public higher education have historically reflected two concerns: the need to overturn legally…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Students, Civil Rights Legislation
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington, DC. – 1993
This essay on the necessity of colleges and universities to become truly inclusive institutions focuses on particular issues affecting black students. These include the concept and policy of affirmative action, the dangerous implications of "hate speech," and the exploitation of black athletes by universities. The essay urges the use of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Athletes, Black Colleges
Beckham, Barry, Ed. – 1982
A guide for college-bound black students, which was researched and largely written by Brown University students, presents essays, book reviews, a glossary, and profiles of black colleges. The narrative section and authors are as follows: "A Collegiate Glossary" (Matthew Rose); "The Application Process" (Marvin Campbell); "Update: Federal Student…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Athletes, Black Colleges, Black Students
Newton, Eunice Shaed – 1982
Assuming that nontraditional institutions espouse teaching and learning approaches that differ from conventional elitist college education, this book shows what can be done for high-risk students, and also how it can be done. Their philosophical orientations are identified and related to instructional content, objectives, and strategies. Chapters…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Instruction, College Students, Community Colleges
Thompson, Daniel C. – 1973
When the first black colleges were founded more than a century ago they filled an important need for youth who were denied access to all but a few white institutions. Today these same private colleges must compete with more affluent, prestigious white colleges and universities for funding and for black students and teachers. They are losing in…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Leadership, Books
