Examines the unique challenges faced by the gifted and talented Black man. Reviews issues of identifying gifted African-American male college students and factors affecting retention. Profiles the Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland. Outlines seven recommendations that address campuswide attitudes and practices impeding the…

Presents proceedings of the American Association of Dental Schools' International Women's Leadership Conference. Addresses, panel presentations, and general-sessions topics included leadership training and promotion for women in dental education, women's health issues and research, the glass ceiling, infrastructures for research and training,…

A study of 4,455 school districts found African-American students were about 2.4 times more likely to be identified as mildly mentally retarded and about 1.5 times more likely to be identified as seriously emotionally disturbed than their non-African-American peers. Economic and demographic variables were significant predictors of disproportionate…

Describes a faculty initiative involving twelve Pennsylvania State University colleges, its library system, and two historically black colleges (Cheyney and Lincoln Universities) in the design of distance-education programs, and presents a set of principles and practices developed by the faculty that address issues in design and development of a…

Recounts the author's experiences as he developed a love for reading in elementary school, discovered in high school the element of power that reading held, and endured isolation in college. Describes his work with struggling African-American adolescent readers. (SR)

Examines the experience of one school in South Africa that has not only desegregated its intake but has also attempted to democratize its management structures in order to teach democratic values through experience and in particular to foster a climate of mutual respect among students so as to decrease racial distrust. Contains 8 references. (VWC)

Discusses the indigenization of universities in Africa. Briefly looks at pre-colonial and colonial education before describing the situation after independence and, especially, the effects on higher education of a concentration of resources on basic education. Draws upon examples, taken mostly from Tanzania. Contains 36 references. (VWC)

Examined differences in a sample of 264 urban seventh graders in attributions for success and failure in mathematics between African-American and White students from low and high socioeconomic status. Conducted followup interviews with 12 students. Students from all groups provided similar ratings on attributions, although some racial and…

The relationship between cost-efficiency and personal characteristics of 111 supported employees were examined. When sheltered workshops were used as alternative placements, supported employees with high IQS benefited more from employment within the community than did supported employees with lower IQS. From society's perspective, African-American…

Examined technical and adaptive competence in coping among 97 African-American adolescents with learning disabilities. Findings indicated that short-term, reactive, technical competence was a better predictor of feelings of efficacy, and longer-term, developmental adaptive competence was a better predictor of behavioral problems. Gender subsample…

Describes how one teacher researcher helped a class of low-achieving African American eighth graders dramatically increase their reading achievement. Discusses barriers to reading and creating a supportive classroom community. Describes how the author combined explicit skill and strategy development using a framework to address fluency, word…

National data were used to study the longitudinal effects of variables on choice of Holland social type college majors versus other majors for 524 Asian/Pacific Islanders, 509 Hispanics, 507 Blacks, and 568 Whites. Effects of mathematics scores and gender were fairly consistent across racial/ethnic groups, and effects of reading scores and…

Evaluated the effects of a pilot program designed to improve the attendance and academic skills of African-American students at risk. Results with 15 middle school students show improved attendance, fewer suspensions, and better grades in mathematics, English, science, and history. In addition, most participants were promoted to high school. (SLD)

Data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 were examined to study the disidentification of African American and other minority students with academics. African American boys in general remained disidentified through grade 12, but no other group demonstrated significant disidentification, and identification did not appear to vary…

Details a qualitative, descriptive study of three participants in the African American Achievers Youth Corps, Inc., a program matching at-risk African American middle school and high school males with adult mentors. These case studies indicate that caring and supportive behaviors of adults can improve the self-esteem and academic achievement of…