Discussed within a context of prospects and solutions for the eighties, addresses the current status of Black colleges, focusing on student, program, and institutional characteristics. Outlines several problems faced by Black colleges related to curriculum development, student recruitment and educational direction. (APM)

The "Amended Criteria Specifying the Ingredients of Acceptable Plans to Desegregate State Systems Of Public Higher Education" and documents created by the State of Florida in response to it are consolidated under this cover. The three documents generated to devise and implement a program of equal education are: (1) "Florida's…

Several studies have shown that public schools in the United States are staffed with counselors and teachers who have a limited cultural understanding of black and other minority students. Moreover, racist attitudes have permeated all levels of the educational system, preventing the development of programs that would help black students to attain…

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS COMPARATIVE STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TENNESSEE VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS IN FOUR CATEGORIES -- (1) PILOT SCHOOLS, (2) LIKE-PILOT SCHOOLS OR SCHOOLS RESEMBLING PILOT SCHOOLS, (3) STUDENT TEACHING CENTERS, AND (4) NEGRO SCHOOLS. THE RANDOM SAMPLE INCLUDED 800 STUDENTS FROM 20 SCHOOLS DIVIDED…

This 12-chapter book contains contributions from selected authors concentrating on a comprehensive analysis of career education for the black American. The treatise takes career education to task for its "white foundations of educational data." Chapter titles and authors are: Black Agenda for Career Education, by Roosevelt Johnson; Career…