Based on a talk given at the College Entrance Examination Board's colloquium on barriers to higher education, held at Wingspread Conference Center of the Johnson Foundation, Racine, Wis., June 1970 (RJ)

Only aggressive black admissions officers, financial administrators and academic counselors with an understanding of Afro-American community problems can effectively begin the critical job of providing equal opportunity for higher education. (IR)

The educational background and achievements of Benjamin Elijah Mays are related to illustrate points about the education of Black students. Such students need encouragement from teachers, a student-centered curriculum, and sometimes more time to perform well in college than classmates who are not educationally disadvantaged. (PP)

Describes a number of educational and cultural enrichment programs, including some that provide classes in computer and science-oriented courses, designed to supplement and expand upon what urban students learn in public schools. Provides addresses of programs in several cities. (AOS)

Two major problems exist in working with handicapped minority-group children: the handicap itself and the integration of language and culture into the curriculum. Classroom activities to help meet the special needs of the handicapped Mexican-American child are recommended. (PP)

The civil rights movement and subsequent reform measures addressing racial problems have made more people dependent on a social welfare system that has not solved the problems of the urban poor. Society glosses over problems (giving a White person's job to a Black person, a man's job to a woman, ignoring indiscretions of minority children) which…

Teacher aides have made a major contribution to educationally disadvantaged children in Tennessee. Title I directors recommend that: (1) the teacher aide program should be continued; (2) inservice training programs for teachers and aides should be coordinated; and (3) additional study on qualification and educational preparation of aides is…

The experiences of a professor with a liberal arts background who began his teaching career at an open enrollment, working class, urban institution are described. Most of his students are commuters, hold down part-time or full-time jobs, and support families. (MLW)

Examines the impact of the aptitude treatment interaction (ATI) between cognitive style and study method on mathematical achievement of disadvantaged students. The findings are thought to suggest that individualized study methods should be investigated further as viable aids for disadvantaged elementary students. (MP)

Compared nonhandicapped (NH), educationally disadvantaged (ED), and learning disabled (LD) Navajo children on intellectual dimensions measured by the WISC-R. The ED and LD group means were similar on verbal measures, but the LD group scores were lower than ED group scores on performance measures. (Author/RC)

Title I may have fallen short of its lofty goals, but it is an effective basic skills program for underachieving students. Its successes depend on requirements that the program supplement the regular learning program, evaluate pupil progress, be coordinated with other school activities, and involve parents. (Author/JM)

A study of the attitudes of vocational teachers, counselors, and administrators toward mentally retarded students in area vocational schools found that experience in education did not significantly influence attitudes and that attitudes of professionals do not vary with the age of students. (LRA)

An intensive analysis of Dewey's definition of education in his "Democracy and Education" shows that Dewey's use of a theory of educative experience was unjustified and prevented the formulation of a theory of democratic education. Critics and revisionists say that Dewey did not believe in the educability of working class children. (FG)

Describes a study conducted to: (1) determine whether remedial students approach learning more from a right hemispheric orientation than students in regular academic programs; (2) ascertain relationships among hemispheric preference, reading level, language dominance, age, sex, and ethnicity; and (3) evaluate implications for curricula,…

From a study of 46 nations over the period 1957 to 1973, it is argued that regional educational inequality indicates the presence of other regional social, political, and economic inequalities, and it is all of these factors together that generate feelings of relative deprivation and the pursuant political instability. (Author/SJL)