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A Center for Black Students on University Campuses
Durley, Gerald L. – J High Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Blacks, Guidance Centers, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology)
Representation, Roles, and Occupational Status of Black Models in Television Advertisements.
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Licata, Jane W.; Biswas, Abhijit – Journalism Quarterly, 1993
Finds that black representation in television ads exceeded the percentage population distribution of blacks in 1991; lower valued products had higher black model-product interaction than higher valued products; and "black-oriented" shows had a greater percentage of all black ads, ads with blacks in major roles, and ads depicting blacks in skilled…
Descriptors: Blacks, Employment Level, Higher Education, Role Perception
Contemporary Crisis of the Afro-American Faculty in White Academies
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Phillips, Romeo Eldridge – Negro History Bulletin, 1976
Suggests that the crisis confronting Afro-American scholars appears not to be academic, but one of basic freedom of movement on the campus and in the community at large. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Influences, Blacks, Educational Problems
Group and Self Identity: Rethinking an Unresolved Phenomenon.
Clark, Maxine L.; Pearson, Willie, Jr. – 1983
Previous research by W. Cross (1980) concluded that blacks have a multifaceted reference group orientation which utilizes both black and white anchor points dependent upon situational cues. To further delineate the relationship between the group and self identity and to determine if the relationship between these constructs differs for black male…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Culture, Blacks, College Students
Some Effects of Evaluative Feedback Upon Compliance and Self-Evaluation in Blacks.
Banks, W. Curtis; And Others – 1977
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of positive and negative reinforcements upon black college students. In the first experiment subjects received either positive or negative reinforcement from a black or a white evaluator. Results indicated that behavioral change (compliance) was greater in response to negative reinforcement…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Blacks, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Black Economists: An "Elite Clan of Warrior Intellectuals."
Ruffins, Paul – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1996
Black economists feel even more isolation and frustration than many African American academics and PhDs, because they continually confront the contradictions between economic theory and blacks' daily experience. The proportion of African Americans with PhDs in economics is very low relative to the undergraduates who study economics or have degrees…
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Choice, Careers, Doctoral Degrees
Faculty of Color and Role Performance. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper.
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Alexander-Snow, Mia; Johnson, Barbara J. – 1998
This study examined the issues and pressures that new and junior faculty of color experienced at predominantly white colleges and universities, and includes recommendations for administrators, graduate students, majority faculty, and faculty of color. Twelve African American and 19 Latino first-, second-, and third-year tenure-track faculty…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Faculty, College Instruction, Collegiality
Minority-Status Stresses and the College Adjustment of Ethnic Minority Freshmen.
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Smedley, Brian D.; And Others – Journal of Higher Education, 1993
A study investigated the relationship of role strains, life events stresses, and minority status (Arfican American, Chicano, Latino, or Pillipino) on the psychological and academic adjustment of 163 minority first-year students at a major university. Results confirmed the hypothesis that minority status confers additional stress and is associated…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Admission, College Freshmen, College Outcomes Assessment