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Walker, Marlon A. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2005
An outpouring of support--in various forms--was all it took to change the mind of Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, president of Bennett College, who had decided on April 27 to resign from the 132-year-old Black college for women. In a prepared statement, Cole described how it felt to see supporters lined up at the president's house when she returned home…
Descriptors: Females, Trustees, Governing Boards, College Faculty
Roach, Ronald – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2000
After a difficult period in the 1960s and 1970s, historically Black institutions are enjoying a renaissance as more academically gifted students are enrolling. Since the 1980s, historically Black institutions have become increasingly skillful at recruiting and enrolling the nation's highest-achieving Black high school students. (JM)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Enrollment Management, Higher Education
Mercer, Joye; Morgan, Joan – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1990
Discusses tensions between Asian American and Black students on college campuses and describes mutual misconceptions. Many Blacks are uneasy about competing with Asians, whereas Asians resent affirmative action policies which exclude them. Describes efforts by Black and Asian faculty members to bring the two groups together. (DM)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Colleges, Ethnic Stereotypes, Higher Education
Lyons, Nancy L. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1989
An increasing number of top Black students are deciding to attend Black colleges due to these institutions' outstanding reputation for retention rates and placement into graduate schools. This has in turn caused White colleges to increase their recruitment and retention efforts. (DF)
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Students
Farrell, Charles S. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1989
Discusses the declining enrollment of minority students in law school. Examines why this is happening, what measures are being taken to counteract it, and what still needs to be done to reverse this decline. Influences of faculty role models and Black law schools are discussed. (JS)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Declining Enrollment, Faculty
Cox, William E.; O'Brien, Eileen M. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1989
Interview with Education Secretary Lauro Cavazos. Responds to his critics who claim that he has not accomplished what he set out to do and expands on some of his administration's proposals and stances. (JS)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Budgets, Disadvantaged
Matthews, Frank – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1989
Dr. Jacqueline Fleming, author of "Blacks in College," is interviewed on the process of her cross-sectional research and reaction to her study. Fleming observes that there are pervasive problems for Black college students in White institutions and for Black colleges, and that major integration and retention issues remain unresolved. (AF)
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Segregation
