Each essay addresses some aspect of the history of the education of
African-Americans or the effectiveness of pertinent laws and
policies enacted within the past 50 years. Trends in the
educational advancement of blacks are clearly defined with
particular focus on the forecasting of circumstances that could
affect future progress. Topics ranging from counseling and guidance
of minority children to the need for more black teachers and the
continuing struggle with racial violence on campus, demonstrate the
broad scope of this volume. Suggestions for further reading on a
specific topic appear in the list of references at the end of each
chapter.
?Willie, Garibaldi, Reed, and several other scholars, both blacks and whites, assessed the educational status of African Americans since 1940. This informative and well-written volume is divided into five sections. They deal with educational change and the Civil Rights Movement, philanthropic assistance from the Rockefeller Foundation, desegregation and educational reform, the "effective schools" model, cuts in financial aid for higher education, and African American attendance at proprietary career schools. In addition, this thought-provoking book explores how institutional racism and class stratification contribute to African Americans' pursuit of careers in science and math, the declining number of African American teachers, black studies programs in postsecondary institutions, and the increase in violence against African Americans on white college campuses. Finally, the book offers recommendations for providing educational excellence for African Americans. Recommended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in teacher preparation programs.?-Choice
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Part 1 Historical perspective: the Civil Rights Movement and educational change Meyer Weinberg; the social and historical context - a case study of philanthropic assistance Charles V.Willie. Part 2 Elementary and secondary education and desegregation: school desegredation since Gunnar Myrdah's American dilemma Robert A.Dentler; the future of school desegredation Charles V.Willie. Part 3 School improvement: meeting the needs of black children in public schools - a school reform challenge James P.Comer and Norris M.Haynes; school improvement among blacks - implications for excellence and equity Faustine Jones-Wilson; counseling and guidance of black and other minority children in public schools Charles E.Flowers. Part 4 Post-secondary education: blacks in college Antoine M.Garibaldi; the road taken - minorities and proprietary schools Robert Rothman; graduate and professional education for blacks James E. Blackwell; system-wide title VI regulation of higher education 1968-1988 - implications for increased minority participation John B.Williams. Part 5 Special issues: black participation and performance in science mathematics and technical education Willie Pearson Jr; the social studies ethnic diversity and social change James A.Banks; abating the shortage of black teachers Antoine M.Garibaldi; the field and function of black studies James B.Stewart; the role of the university in racial violence on campus Wornie L.Reed; summary and recommendations Charles V.Willie; appendix - assessment of the status of African-Americans.
