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Direct linkAnnie S. Mendenhall – Journal of Basic Writing, 2023
This essay describes Open Admissions in the South during postsecondary desegregation, providing a comparative analysis of policies and debates in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Georgia. Statewide Open Admissions policies emerged in the 1960s as part of superficial efforts to comply with desegregation but were ineffective; consequently, they were…
Descriptors: Open Enrollment, Postsecondary Education, School Desegregation, Educational History
King, Amanda Susanne – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Historical racial segregation within Mississippi's public universities and colleges has led to litigation that spanned 25 years and eventually led to sweeping changes in policies and practices. Among these changes were the standardization of admission criteria and the creation of the Summer Developmental Program (SDP). This study sought to better…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Summer Programs, Public Colleges, Desegregation Litigation
Hamilton, Lemondra V. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2014
The purpose of this case study was to examine how Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) implemented the negotiated ruling of the "Ayers" desegregation lawsuit and settlement to empower the institution and similarly situated historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The spoken and written words of three administrators of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, State Universities, School Desegregation, Desegregation Litigation
Brown, Walter A.; Burnette, Daarel – Journal of Negro Education, 2014
The purpose of this study is to address differences in states' capital spending between public four-year historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and their predominantly White institutions (PWIs) counterparts located in the southeastern and bordering regions of the United States. This investigation was viewed through nine academic…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Educational Finance, Resource Allocation, Expenditures
Rossow, Lawrence F.; Pfefferbaum, Betty – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
In "Fordice," the Supreme Court refused to recognize that the higher education system for the state of Mississippi had desegregated. Discusses the implications of the resultant new constitutional standard for the desegregation of higher education; financial effects on black colleges; and how the new standard could affect federal district…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Segregation, Desegregation Litigation, Federal Courts
Brown, M. Christopher, II; Jackson-Fobbs, Shelia – 1993
This paper examines the historical background leading to the Supreme Court case of United States vs. Fordice concerning the issue of desegregation in Mississippi's higher education system. The paper focuses on the problems this decision raised regarding eight public colleges that had enrollments and mission statements classifying them as either…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation
