After their freshman year in college in 1966, 1744 outstanding black high school students who had reached the Commended stage of competition in the first National Achievement Scholarship Program were followed up for study. They were classified according to the type of 4-year college attended: public or private predominantly Negro colleges, or low,…

This study compared students' reflections on their highest lifetime educational aspirations at college entry (Time 1--"then") to those held later at the time of college outcomes assessment (Time 2--"now"). Data from archive files of the American College Testing Program's College Outcomes Survey (COS) for one historically black four-year private…

Compared attitudes and perspectives of Black college students attending a predominatly White college with those of students attending a predominantly Black college. Found that both groups expected to achieve higher economic and occupational status, though the White college was not seen as responding adequately to the needs of Black students. (GC)

Undergraduates at a multicultural university (MU) and a historically black university (HBU) read scenarios in which a student was sexually harassed by a professor or workplace supervisor. Participants rated the victim's behavior. HBU students considered the harasser not guilty significantly more often than MU students, but considered the harasser…

African American students (n=502) at 2 historically black colleges rated keeping in good health and physical condition the most important value of the physical education program. Physical self-efficacy was extremely significant. Findings were consistent with earlier findings from predominantly white colleges. (SM)

This study examined the effectiveness of the Women's Resources Assistance Program (WRAP), a support service for African American females attending a historically black college or university (HBCU). The study included 230 participants. The purpose of the study was to gauge, through the use of surveys, each participant's knowledge and level of…

Tougaloo College, a private black college in Jackson, Mississippi, has 718 full-time students, a minority of black faculty members, and a mostly out-of-state board of trustees. The author reviews its radical reputation, as "the antithesis of the white community" and the present emphasis on preparing its students for full participation in…

Examined demographic and sociopolitical factors related to Black students in higher education in a phenomenological study of Black students' views about student services, their institutions, and themselves. Comparative information for students at predominantly Black and predominantly White institutions showed that those at White institutions…

Founded in 1854 as the Ashmun Institute, Lincoln University in southern Pennsylvania is the nation's oldest historically black university. Classical rhetoric and canonical literature were taught at Lincoln since its founding. Lincoln's writing program emerged fully and autonomously in 1978 and grew roughly at the same time that the discipline of…

Relates the present status and problems of Southern University students in manifesting their belief that black colleges should serve the interests of the black community. (DM)

The present investigation describes the manner in which a group of southern black college students structure their value preferences. Based upon prior research, especially among white college students, it was expected that our sampled respondents would embrace values associated with economic and materialistic success. However, results obtained…

Traditionally, African American students display a low-rate of seeking mental health treatment. Issues such as mistrust of White therapists, attitudes toward mental health problems, and African American spirituality affect their help-seeking behavior. The present study examined a sample of 134 African American students at a Historically Black…

Used three different scales to explore the interaction between 84 African American college women's self-esteem and their attitudes about race and gender. Results indicate no significant differences between the womanist attitudes' scores of women at a historically Black university and those women at a predominantly White university. Other findings…