Discusses why Phi Beta Kappa remains a remote influence at historically Black institutions and on Black students at predominantly White college campuses. (EV)

Gives black scholar Thomas Sowell's personal account of his journey from Howard University, a historically black college that provided him with what he perceived to be a mediocre education, to Harvard University, which challenged him intellectually and socially. He attended Columbia University to study for his master's degree, then moved on to…

Surveys the history of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) from their beginnings in the late 19th century to the present; identifies challenges facing their future; and examines their role in providing not only educational opportunities but also social, political, and economic development to the African American community within…

Project Opportunity is a continuing talent search and encouragement program that attempts to increase the number of black and white, minority/poverty students who continue their education beyond high school. The present study focuses on black students in Project Opportunity who were accepted at both integrated and black institutions and examines…

Describes Barber-Scotia College, a small, all-black private school in Concord, North Carolina. (PG)

Examines admissions and recruitment material mailed to prospective students from thirteen historically Black institutions. The material was analyzed and evaluated on the basis of timeliness and completeness. Results reveal variations in quality among public and privately supported institutions. Significance of these results and specific…

Using 1993 and 1997 Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) data, investigated the relationship between involvement, interaction, and satisfaction for African American students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Found that HBCU enrollment had a significant positive effect…

Describes how the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund wants to attract more support for students at public black colleges, who are excluded from the successful United Negro College Fund. (EV)

An ongoing research project has been designed to collect and describe crime data reported between 1992 and 1996 by selected historically black colleges and universities (HBCU). The overall goal is to examine crime data reported by gender over 5 years with regard to four categories of violence defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation:…

This study examined how blacks view the feminist movement and whether the type of college attended altered their attitudes. Data were assessed from 161 black college students (male and female) who attended either a predominantly black or predominantly white college. The chi-square test was used to measure and examine significant differences…

The authors believe that colleges with predominantly black student bodies have a continuing role to play in extending educational opportunity to Negroes, and they recommend that efforts be made to encourage more black youth to prepare for college and that black colleges enrich their academic offerings. (MJM)

The scarcity of graduates from black colleges in white graduate programs is discussed. The roles of GRE scores, university policies, and student motivation in this low enrollment are examined. (GC)