African American Education,9781576072691

African American Education

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ISBN13: 9781576072691
ISBN10: 157607269X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
Publisher(s): Abc-Clio Inc
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Summary

A unique reference work providing information and resources on the main issues concerning the education of African Americans over the past two decades.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
American and African American Education: At Framework
1(46)
Education in the United States
1(1)
Who Controls Education?
2(3)
Governmental Control
2(2)
Regional Accreditation
4(1)
Educational Opportunities
5(2)
The Coleman Report
5(1)
Affirmative Action
6(1)
Education's Assault on Poverty
7(2)
Head Start Programs
8(1)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I
8(1)
School Reform Movement
9(4)
National School Reform
9(1)
One State's Education Reform Response
10(3)
Higher Education
13(3)
Higher Education Reform Movement
14(1)
One State's Higher Education Reform
15(1)
African American Education: An Overview
16(16)
African American Opinions on African American Education
16(6)
Status and Condition of African American Education
22(7)
Postsecondary Educational Attainment of African Americans
29(2)
African American Public School Employment
31(1)
Resource Interview with Douglas V. Davidson
32(11)
References
43(4)
Chronology of African American Education
47(12)
African American Schooling
59(48)
African American Schooling Experiences
60(1)
Curriculum and Instruction
61(3)
Curriculum
61(1)
Two Curricula Models
62(1)
Instruction
63(1)
African American Students and Testing
64(4)
Tests and Their Uses
64(1)
The Bell Curve
65(3)
Public School Resource Interviews
68(20)
Edward M. Harris
69(8)
Janice B. Henry
77(11)
Schooling Options for African American Students
88(1)
Schooling Options Resource Interviews
89(15)
Vivien Davenport
89(12)
Derrick L. Moite
101(3)
Additional Schooling Options
104(1)
African American Immersion Schools
104(1)
Supplementary Programs
105(1)
References
105(2)
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
107(66)
HBCUs: An Overview
108(1)
HBCUs Defined
109(19)
Accomplishments and Challenges of HBCUs
128(3)
Accomplishments
128(1)
Challenges
129(2)
HBCUs and Desegregation
131(3)
Organizations Established to Assist HBCUs
134(2)
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
134(1)
National HBCU Faculty Development Network
134(1)
Officer for the Advancement of Public Black Colleges
134(1)
United Negro College Fund
135(1)
White House Initiative on HBCUs
135(1)
HBUC Resource Interviews
136(20)
Arthur E. Thomas
136(11)
Linette P. Fox
147(9)
Two Programs Designed to Assist HBCUs
156(15)
The Historically Minority Universities Bioscience and Biotechnology Program Initiative
157(8)
The Union Institute HBCU Initiative
165(6)
HBCUs as Cultural and Historical Repositories
171(1)
References
171(2)
Legal Influences on African American Education
173(28)
Presidential Executive Orders
174(1)
U. S. Constitutional Amendments
174(1)
Legislative Acts
175(2)
Opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court
177(20)
Conclusion
197(3)
References
200(1)
Organizations, Associations, Schools, and Government Agencies
201(12)
Accrediting Organizations
201(1)
Higher Education Advocacy Associations
202(1)
Immersion Schools and Supplementary Programs
203(1)
Museums
203(1)
National Organizations
204(2)
Organizations Established to Assist HBCUs
206(1)
Panhellenic Organizations
207(1)
Professional Associations
208(1)
Research Centers
209(4)
Selected Print and Nonprint Resources
213(32)
Print Resources
213(23)
Articles, Books, and Reports
213(22)
Journals
235(1)
Periodicals
236(1)
Nonprint Resources
236(9)
Internet
236(1)
Television
237(1)
Videos
238(7)
Appendix: Historically Black Colleges and Universities: An Irreplaceable National Treasure 245(22)
Arthur E. Thomas
Robert L. Green
Glossary 267(6)
Index 273(20)
About the Author 293

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