This publication discusses the subject of black studies programs in 29 American colleges and universities. Issued initially in 1974, the report is based on a survey of black studies programs in a limited number of colleges and universities. The survey was prompted by the need to provide critical information about the development and implementation…

In the early summer of 1972 the Institute for Services to Education formed a small task force group to conduct a limited but systematic inquiry into the status of Black Studies programs at a selected number of American institutions of higher education. The major purposes of the study are: (1) the formulation of a workable definition of Black…

Since the enactment of the 1958 National Defense Education Act, funded universities have provided African language instruction at the postsecondary level. With an increased interest in the less commonly taught languages (LCT) demonstrated by the 1988 Foreign Language Assistance Act, several African Studies Center universities provide instruction…