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Cross, Theodore L.; And Others – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1994
Presents several brief reports on the latest trends and current circumstances surrounding African American progress in higher education. Discussions include funding levels at black colleges, black student recruitment at Harvard and Yale, displacement of black PhDs in science and engineering, and education and the African American mother. (GLR)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Afrocentrism, Black Colleges, Black Students

Asante, Molefi Kete – Black Scholar, 1992
Discusses the maintenance and future of African-American studies within the context of contemporary intellectual ideas. The institutionalization of African-American studies and the creation of the first doctoral program in African-American studies at Temple University in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) marked the flowering of the discipline. (SLD)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black History, Black Studies

Kershaw, Terry – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1992
Attempts to define a paradigm that helps shape the African-American studies discipline, and argues that emphasis must be placed on generating practical and emancipatory knowledge. African-American studies is a necessary discipline if Afrocentric scholars are to be generated who have a commitment to being scholar activists. (SLD)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black Studies, Civil Rights

Steiner-Khamsi, Gita; Quist, Hubert O. – Comparative Education Review, 2000
Modeled on Hampton Institute (Virginia) and Tuskegee Institute (Alabama), Achimota College in colonial Gold Coast (later Ghana) provided Black students with "adapted education" in agriculture and industrial arts, suitable for a life of manual labor. This case of international educational transfer is analyzed from the perspective of the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Afrocentrism, Agricultural Education, Black Education

Byndloss, D. Crystal – Education and Urban Society, 2001
Examines how sociopolitical context influenced two school districts to pursue reform models that centered on persistent segregation, highlighting research on black mobilization around community control of New York City schools and black support of African American immersion schools in Milwaukee. Results reveal that using all-Black settings as a…
Descriptors: African Culture, Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black Students
Springer, J. Fred; Sale, Elizabeth; Kasim, Rafa; Winter, William; Sambrano, Soledad; Chipungu, Sandra – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2004
This study assesses the degree to which culturally specific interventions enhance substance abuse prevention effectiveness for targeted cultural groups. A large and diverse (African American, Hispanic, American Indian, and Asian) sample of 10,500 youth across 48 programs was obtained. Youth participating in culturally specific programming showed…
Descriptors: Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Substance Abuse, Youth
Jean-Marie, Gaetane; Normore, Anthony H. – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2006
The 1954 ruling of "Brown v. Board of Education" by the U.S. Supreme Court impacted the social lives of African Americans. The primary purpose of this research was to examine the experiences and struggles for social justice in education and educational institutions as viewed from the context of historically Black colleges and…
Descriptors: Females, Social Justice, Activism, African Americans
Hudson, J. Blaine – 1992
The Pan African Studies Institute for Teachers is a year-long, 9-credit hour sequence of college courses and related follow-up activities designed to prepare educators for the implementation of an anti-racist, Afrocentric curriculum. This paper outlines a conceptual and historical framework within which the institute may be understood and assesses…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Afrocentrism, Black Students, Classroom Techniques
Malone, Rubie M.; Malone, James A. – 2001
The extent to which African American faculty provide support and mentoring to African American students determines the ease of students' transition to predominantly white colleges. This paper examines the role of both white and African American faculty in responding to the needs of African American students. Two ways that white institutions…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black Students

Brown, Prince Jr. – International Journal of Africana Studies, 1996
Argues that the major cause of involuntary immigrant academic underachievement is the refusal of schools to acknowledge the multiethnic nature of U.S. society and the consequent refusal to reflect this fact in education philosophy and practice. It suggests that the educational needs of multiethnic children in U.S. society can be served by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Afrocentrism, Comparative Analysis, Diversity (Student)

Schiele, Jerome H. – Journal of Black Studies, 1994
Discusses some ideas about how Afrocentricity can be promoted and integrated in institutions of higher education in the United States. It argues that Afrocentricity offers an alternative to the more dominant Eurocentric view found in higher education and the world and states that the Eurocentric view subscribes to itself exclusive rights to…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Blacks, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis

Johnson-Cooper, Glendora – Reference Librarian, 1994
Discussion of developing racially diverse collections in academic libraries focuses on an Afrocentric approach. Topics addressed include valuing diversity; Afrocentricity as a framework for diversity; barriers to building Afrocentric collections; and resources for building Afrocentric collections, including black-owned publishers, African American…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Afrocentrism, Black Businesses, Black Literature

Robinson, Tracy L.; Howard-Hamilton, Mary – Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 1994
Constructs an Afrocentric paradigm. Provides mental health counselors with a different cultural perspective that will enable them to structure and introduce intervention strategies in a manner that will allow African Americans to redefine themselves in ways that are culturally congruent. Provides a basis for healthier self-images and meaningful…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Blacks, Counseling, Counselors

Kirp, David L. – Public Interest, 1991
Discusses the recent controversy emerging over California's first serious attempt at rewriting traditional history texts from a more multicultural perspective. Analyzes the opposition to the idea of a common U.S. history and the solutions offered in its place. (CJS)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Unity

Burstein, Stanley M. – Social Studies Review, 1993
Maintains that the challenges of multicultural education include providing reliable information about civilizations for which reliable information is difficult to find. Offers an overview of the history, culture, and significance of the ancient African civilization of Kush. Provides a list of student and teacher references. (CFR)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Afrocentrism, Black History