The dismantling of South Africa's apartheid-controlled education system after 1994 brought with it unprecedented policy complications, among them the question of how best to integrate the desiderata of access and merit in school education and tertiary sectors. For the higher education sector, institutional mergers became an increasingly visible…

Quality assurance is an important subject in modern universities. After discussing several theoretical aspects of quality and quality assurance, the authors conclude that the care taken by heads of academic departments or directors of academic schools in the process of quality assurance may be regarded as one of the key elements of ensuring good…

Analyzes the struggle of a poor black institution of higher education to retain Federal Funds. Further complicating the struggle over the university's claim is the constitutional question of separation of church and state and sectarian loyalties and rivalries within the black community. (Author/AM)

This narrative argues that Antioch is entrenched in a history of education failure: its "do your own thing" creed has stifled its social and moral responsibilities; it has exacerbated racial prejudice and ignorance; pitted one ethnic group against the other. (Author/JM)

A Black female undergraduate student relates her journey from the housing projects of Chicago to the ghetto-like environment of a midwestern university. (AEA)

The work of the NAACP toward gaining civil rights for Blacks is reviewed, with emphasis on the contributions of Thurgood Marshall during his tenure as Special Counsel at the NAACP. (MC)

The Black Archives Research Center and Museum at Florida A and M University houses a collection of Afro-American history, including memorabilia and oral history tapes. Although beset with financial problems, the Archives, under the direction of James Eaton, seeks to make a contribution to Southern history. (JMD)

Examines the role of the state in South African university affairs during the apartheid era (1948-90). Suggests that interactions between the state and universities were more volatile than is generally portrayed in the literature and were especially so during the 1980s when the state struggled unsuccessfully to overcome popular challenges to White…

Discusses the history of the black baseball experience. Describes formation of the black leagues, the players, and the discrimination they faced in baseball in the United States. Explains how the early black players introduced new aspects to the major leagues that transformed and improved the quality of play. (DK)

The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and, of course, the hotly contested U.S. presidential election were just two of the events that dominated the headlines in 2004. Throughout the year, colleges and universities, as well as other educational institutions across the country, commemorated the Supreme Court's landmark case by…

This paper summarizes the history and impact of affirmative action in medical education. Affirmative action was introduced in the 1960s. From 1968-74, there was significant integration in medical education. The assassination of Martin Luther King was catalytic, and awareness of racial and class disparities in U.S. public health also spurred…

Five possible steps to ease institutional relationships between predominately black and predominately white publicly-supported colleges and universities. (IR)

This article examines the impact on institutions of higher education, particularly in 19 southern and border states, from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on how the states must show they have removed vestiges of past segregation. Its impact on affirmative action, admissions criteria, and redistricting are examined. (GLR)

This article is based on a doctoral study of educational change in the School of Education (SOE) of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa. It is an exploration of "a moment in time" that bore witness to institutional and human transformation in South African higher education. This transformation involved a development from…