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1985
The seven papers presented in this document are the products of a Think Tank held concurrently with a 1985 conference on the black family. Approximately 45 representatives of the Greater Cleveland community participated in the Think Tank, which was divided into ten task forces that addressed issues that are critical to the survival and development…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Family, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education
Alabama Center for Higher Education, Birmingham. – 1984
This conference, whose theme was "The Testing Issue," addressed problems encountered with standardized testing in Alabama's historically black colleges and universities, and predominantly black high schools. It focused on immediate intervention strategies designed to provide access to high school diplomas, college, graduate and professional…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Black Education, Black Students
Newell, R. C.; Chambers, J. W., Ed. – 1982
Following the federal court's Ann Arbor (Michigan) decision regarding the education of children who speak black English, the National Institute of Education and the Ann Arbor Public Schools cosponsored a national conference on the subject, the proceedings of which are summarized in this paper. Following an introduction, the paper provides…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Court Litigation
Witty, Elaine P., Ed.; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this conference was to identify and examine factors which are increasingly restraining the education, certification, employment, and retention of black teachers. The two-day conference included the presentation of seven papers on the following topics: (1) changes in the faculty and student body populations in black colleges and the…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Black Teachers, Change Strategies
Southern Education Foundation, Atlanta, GA. – 1987
This report summarizes the results of a consultation that addressed the issue of the state role in attempts to reduce the minority teacher shortage in the south. Participants in the consultation made suggestions that should be considered by governors, state legislatures, state education agencies, and local school districts in working with the…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Teachers, Educational Objectives, Minimum Competency Testing
Enwonwu, Cyril O., Ed. – 1988
During this 3-day workshop with 138 registered participants, invited medical experts deliberated extensively on the physiological regulation of blood pressure, the unique biological characteristics and dietary patterns of Blacks and other minorities, the prevalence of hypertension in U.S. Blacks and Native Americans, the roles of specific macro-…
Descriptors: Blacks, Chronic Illness, Dietetics, Eating Habits
McCullough, K. Owen, Ed. – 1977
The 1976 and 1977 Community/Junior College Conferences were unified under a single general topic, "The Community College: Its Evolution and Clientele." During the 1976 conference, Raymond E. Schultz provided a historical perspective of community college teachers and teaching and Richard L. Storinger described the establishment and growth…
Descriptors: Black Students, Blacks, College Faculty, College Instruction
Wilson Library Bulletin, 1986
Description of 1986 American Library Association Conference summarizes significant organizational actions and presentations on upgrading automation systems, censorship, federal libraries, fees and public library services, black community information needs, Linked Systems Project, libraries and the homeless, new products exhibited, and 1994…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Blacks, Censorship, Conferences
Rodriguez, America – 2001
This publication reports on a 2000 forum that included media business executives, financiers, academics, and other experts who examined: how minority media can leverage their historically strong community base to succeed in the new century; how they can overcome financial challenges; what measures they might adopt to keep abreast of opportunities…
Descriptors: Advertising, Blacks, Communications, Computer Mediated Communication
Uhl, Norman P. – 1978
Symposium papers pertaining to the competition for students accompanying college desegregation are summarized. Attention is also briefly directed to the impact of court-ordered guidelines for the development of desegregation plans, and the North Carolina Central University's Institute on Desegregation, which promotes research into desegregation.…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Choice, College Desegregation, College Environment
Ashmore, M. Catherine, Ed.; And Others – 1989
This document includes the following papers: "Challenge to the Small Business Workplace" (Quinn); "Endowed Positions in Entrepreneurship and Related Fields" (Katz); "Entrepreneurial Loan Request Image Variables as Perceived by Bankers and Entrepreneurs" (Klassen, Davis); "Entrepreneurship Education and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Business Administration, Consultants, Demonstration Programs
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1984
Workshops by the Association of American Colleges that provided faculty and administrators the opportunity to discuss racism in the classroom and to become sensitized to problems encountered by black students are described. Seven institutional case studies that describe campus projects are also provided. In addition to promoting discussion of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Black Students, Case Studies, Classroom Environment
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. Div. of Continuing Education. – 1989
This document contains 68 presentations made at a conference on the recruitment, retention, and academic success of minority group college students. Many minority group students enter college unprepared for a rigorous academic curriculum and face many barriers to persistence in an atmosphere dominated by White middle class culture. Approaches…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Students
Bumbarger, Brian, Ed. – 1996
As far back as the 1960s, research and statistics began to demonstrate what appeared to be an inequality in the criminal justice system in that minorities, particularly black males, were being arrested and confined in numbers far greater than their proportion to the general population. The Coalition for Juvenile Justice, in conjunction with…
Descriptors: Blacks, Correctional Institutions, Cultural Awareness, Delinquency
Enwonwu, Cyril O., Ed. – 1987
Participants in this workshop were scientists from various disciplines, including public health, oncology, nutrition, epidemiology, biochemistry, immunology, pharmacology, pediatrics, geriatric medicine, and the behavioral sciences. The workshop featured deliberations by medical experts on the dimensions and demographics of hunger in America. The…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Blacks, Cardiovascular System, Eating Habits
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