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Patton, Lori D.; Sánchez, Berenice; Mac, Jacqueline; Stewart, D.-L. – Review of Higher Education, 2019
Predominantly white institutions (PWIs) have increasingly implemented formalized diversity initiatives over the past 50 years as a response to ensuing federal legislation (e.g., 1965 Higher Education Act), student protests of the late 1960s, and the influx of Black students into PWIs. These initiatives were established to support students from…
Descriptors: Diversity (Institutional), Disproportionate Representation, Research Problems, African American Students
Rogers, Ibram – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
In 1966, traditionally White colleges and universities were admitting more Black students than ever because of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which banned discrimination in education. However, the climate on most campuses was decidedly inhospitable to the newly arrived Black students. Thus, there grew a desire to create a political group that…
Descriptors: African American Influences, Higher Education, Campuses, Student Unions