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Williams, James W. – 1974
This alumni survey evaluates Alcorn State University by two different methods. Objective data concerning the students' subjective ratings of Alcorn furnished the second means of evaluation. The classes of 1971, 1972, and 1973 were utilized as the particular alumni group to be studied, with 1,428 alumni being sent questionnaires and 446 alumni…
Descriptors: Alumni, Black Colleges, Black Students, Careers
O'Connell, William R., Jr. – 1969
This project was undertaken to encourage and aid developing predominantly Negro colleges in the South in adopting new approaches for improving curricula and instruction. The chief means for doing so was a conference on innovation in November 1967 attended by representatives of the administration, faculty, and students of 27 institutions. The…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Business Education, Conferences, Curriculum
Jaffe, A. J.; And Others – 1968
The survey data referred to in this specialized research monograph are almost exclusively related to Southern, primarily, Negro colleges and the students who attend them. The study attempts to evaluate the activities of these colleges in relation to the more general problem of higher education for disadvantaged minorities, and to determine the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Education
Ford, Nick Aaron – 1973
The aim of this book is to present a professional evaluation of the past history, present practices, and future possibilities of Black Studies in the officially recognized educational programs of American colleges and universities. Although the approach is humanistic rather than scientific, the evaluation is based on personal visits to more than…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Culture, Black History, Black Literature
Orum, Anthony M. – 1970
The present study is a sociological rather than an historical treatment of the role of black college students in the civil rights movement. We will determine the characteristic motivation of the typical black student protestor as well as the social and economic conditions that provoked him to protest. The data for our analysis will consist…
Descriptors: Activism, Black Colleges, Black Leadership, Black Organizations
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Edgerton, Russell – Change, 1987
William Blakey, staff director and chief counsel to the Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, was interviewed on the issues facing black progress in higher education. Leadership, change, TRIO programs, and public policy are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Students, Change
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Lang, Marvel – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1988
Discusses the effects of desegregation on the academic achievement of black elementary and high school students and the subsequent decline in black enrollment in and graduation from graduate and professional schools. (FMW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Students
Janes, Sharyn – 1997
African-American nurses' perceptions of their baccalaureate nursing school experiences were examined in relation to Vincent Tinto's (1987) theory of student retention and Astin's theory of student involvement. In-depth interviews were conducted with four graduates of a predominantly black southeastern university and four graduates of a…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bachelors Degrees, Black Colleges, Black Students
Agingu, Beatrice O. – 1999
This article reports the findings of a study that sought to find out how useful library World Wide Web sites of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were as tools for disseminating information and providing services to users. The study compared the library Web sites of public supported HBCUs with Web sites of other public supported…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Black Colleges, Comparative Analysis
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Thomas, William B. – American Journal of Education, 1982
Examines Black social scientists' intellectual efforts, starting in the 1920s, to challenge research conclusions about the innate mental inferiority of Blacks, disclaim the validity of intelligence tests used, and demonstrate the influence of environment on test performance. Finds irony in Black intellectuals' use of the mental tests they…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Black Attitudes, Black Colleges, Blacks
Hale, Frank W., Jr. – Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 1980
A speech delivered at the National Association of College Deans, Registrars and Admissions Officers on March 16, 1980 in Alabama, presents a case for the continued existence of Black colleges. Suggests Black colleges have an important role in educating Black youth and recommends improvements for Black colleges. (RC)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Affirmative Action, Black Colleges, Black Education
McCormick, Robert E.; Meiners, Roger E. – New Perspectives, 1988
Proposition 48 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which calls for tougher academic standards for students seeking to participate in Division I athletics, discriminates against Black athletes and historically Black colleges and universities. The NCAA violates antitrust laws by price-fixing; it is not essential or even important…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Athletes, Black Colleges, Black Students
Hawkins, B. Denise – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1994
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education are developing a two-year support program to bolster existing teacher education programs in historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), offering consultants to help prepare for improvement and for national accreditation.…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Black Colleges, Black Teachers
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Roumel, Theodore J. – SRA Journal, 1994
A Public Health Service's demonstration project brought together four historically black colleges and universities, public funding, and professional research administrator expertise to determine the impact of establishing a campus-sponsored research office. The program was found successful and may be useful for other small and midsized…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Black Colleges, College Administration, Federal Aid
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Garibaldi, Antoine M. – Education and Urban Society, 1991
Historically black colleges and African-American state universities are valuable institutions and continue to produce two-fifths of all African-American bachelor's degree recipients and one-third of all master's graduates, although they serve a proportionately small segment of the African-American population. Many institutions of higher education…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Black Colleges, Black Students, Blacks
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