Increasingly, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are developing professional programs in hotel and restaurant management and travel and tourism. One objective is to train African Americans to become owners and operators of their own enterprises. An obstacle is the perception that hospitality careers involve menial labor. (MSE)

A six-week University of Virginia residential summer program exposing minority college students to the rigors of medical school has been highly successful in increasing recruitment and retention of minorities. Cooperation with a consortium that includes historically black colleges and universities has been a key program element. Lack of minority…

This article examines the development of Temple University's Institute for Africana Social Work, which is designed to foster an explicit African-centered perspective and practice for social work intervention in African American communities. Various programs and policies initiated by the institute are reviewed. (MDM)