Examines the growth of Hampton University (Virginia) during the 22 years that William R. Harvey has been president of this historically black institution. Cites views of Harvey as a visionary leader, tough taskmaster, and astute financial manager. Notes the growth of the institution's endowment, rising academic standards, and also some political…

Reports that, for black Americans, the "classic" football events between historically black colleges have become larger affairs featuring college fairs, Greek reunions, and networking in addition to the game. These events can be significant moneymakers for these athletics programs and often also include family activities, fashion…

Explores the ways in which academic freedom, civil liberties, and civil rights clashed in the dismissal of Lee Lorch, accused of being a communist, during the administration of Charles S. Johnson as president of Fisk University. Examines the traditions of historically black universities related to academic freedom. (SLD)

Introduces the new director of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, Dwyane Ashley, who sees his role as doing for the 65 public black colleges what the United Negro College Fund has done for the 39 private black colleges. Ashley's goals include providing technical assistance to member colleges and the creation of innovative partnerships. (DB)

The integration of postmodernism in higher education is a widely debated issue. Critics of postmodernism in higher education hold the position that postmodernism breeds an unruliness of knowledge. Academicians in higher education often choose to educate students through means of prescription rather than implementing innovation in classroom…

Theresa Rector spent 13 years working with Charles H. Thompson during the height of "The Journal's" contribution to educational and political achievements of the early 1950s and 1960s. Crucial to the legacy of "The Journal" was the "Brown v. Board of Education" landmark case and all the political pundits who…

Program reviews became widely used as quality assurance activities in the United States beginning in the 1970s. Since then, they have evolved as an essential component in demonstrating institutional effectiveness to accrediting bodies. The paper discusses various approaches to reviews with a focus on a recently reengineered institutional program…

Based on examination of available literature, this report discusses factors that have been found to be correlated with the effectiveness of black colleges and universities. Identified among such factors are: (1) adequate financial support; (2) satisfactory living conditions and security; (3) good quality of instruction; (4) academic support and…

In this response to Diana Slaughter-Defoe's, "What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black?," Mary Beth Gasman comments on the lecture from the perspective of someone doing research in the field of higher education. Gasman comments that Slaughter-Defoe's understanding, and interpretation of past research, especially the Moynihan Report…

This paper presents an indepth analysis of Craig v. Alabama State University (ASU), a lawsuit involving charges of reverse discrimination in employment against a historical black college. The plaintiff, who felt that the nonrenewal of his contract was due to his race, won his suit against ASU for himself and all other whites similarly situated.…

The civil rights struggle has created different perspectives on the place and role of black public colleges in American education today. It has been recommended that these schools, following the public school example, be absorbed or "engulfed" by the white educational structure. This recommendation reinforces the view that black institutions are,…

This document presents preliminary fall 1974 enrollment data on the historically black colleges and makes some comparisons with revised fall 1973 data on 898 institutions previously studied. Data indicated that: (1) First-time freshmen enrollment increased substantially between the two-years, based on aggregate figures for those 98 institutions;…

This report details the experiences of colleges in 5 cases of interinstitutional cooperation which hold the potential of becoming permanent and of contributing significantly to the expansion of higher educational opportunity for Negroes in the South. All the cases--Stetson University and Bethune-Cookman College; Bennett, Greensboro and Guilford…

This report presents a review of the literature concerning traditionally black colleges. Emphasis is placed on governance and administration, teaching and the educational programs, financial problems and support, faculties, students, the black university and the future of black colleges. A bibliography is included. (MJM)

This report includes presentations of various speakers at the second of four conferences entitled "Curriculum Change in Black Colleges." Presentations in Part I concern the black college as a manpower resource delivery system; innovation in undergraduate education; general education and full educational equality; institutional research: a basis…