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Jobe, E. R., Ed. – 1975
Topics discussed are: (1) student aid and access to postsecondary education (Jack L. Woodward); (2) values in athletics (Grant Dungee); (3) some considerations in planning for postsecondary education (Paul G. Orr); (4) the open university as a challenge for postsecondary education in Mississippi (Cleopatra D. Thompson); and (5) comprehensive…
Descriptors: Athletics, Bibliographies, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
Download full textDeMoulin, Donald F.; Guyton, John W. – 1989
In the quest for excellence, school districts have a variety of indicators or attributes available by which to gauge their progress. This model, used By the Equity and Excellence Research school districts in Mississippi, monitors achievement in relation to educational excellence. Team members established a list of attributes and various means of…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
Payne, Charles M. – 1997
Self-consciously activist education has a long history among African-Americans; however, it is one of the least well-understood aspects of African American struggle. This paper addresses one chapter in that history, the Freedom Schools that operated in Mississippi during the summer of 1964 and for a while thereafter. The schools were the creation…
Descriptors: Black Leadership, Black Power, Civil Rights, Cultural Awareness
Falconer, Renee C.; Reeves-Kazelskis, Carolyn; LeFlore, Larry – 2001
This study investigated the perceptions of selected stakeholders about the impact of returning to a district-wide neighborhood school structure after having been under a federal desegregation mandate (involving busing) since the 1970s. It focuses on data from interviews with African American and white elementary school teachers. The interviews…
Descriptors: Black Students, Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Days, Drew S. – 1978
Concern has grown among black educators about government litigation and administrative proceedings involving state systems of higher education as they relate to equality of educational opportunity. Properly prepared and presented to the courts, these cases can enhance equal educational opportunities by eliminating the continuing effects of past…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Blacks, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedParker, Frank R. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1988
Examines the gains in voting, schooling, and employment made by Blacks in Mississippi since the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Discusses the effects of affirmative action and civil rights litigation, listing resources on "Lawyers and the Civil Rights Movement." Presents a glossary of legal terms. (GEA)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black History, Citizenship Education, Civil Rights Legislation
