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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED341741 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Minorities in Higher Education: Selected Papers from
an Interdisciplinary Conference Held at Hofstra University
(Hempstead, New York, March 9-11, 1989).
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1990
NOTE: 123 p.
ABSTRACT: This report provides a selection of conference
papers which discuss issues concerning minority
participation in higher education, beginning with
recognition of the many discrepancies between what are
expressed as personal and organizational values and what
parameters remain hidden. The papers consider the causes
for limited minority participation in higher education and
review some solutions. Papers include: (1) "Excellence and
Equity in the Education of Minority Students" (A. W.
Astin); (2) "Cultural Factors Differentiating Academically
Unsuccessful Students, Academically Successful Students,
and Faculty (P. Chu-Richardson); (3) "Perceptions and
Experiences of Minorities at the University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs" (L. F. Dickson); (4) "Becoming Involved
in College Life: A Comparative Study of Black and White
College Students" (C. J. Thompson); (5) "Social Welfare
Needs of African-American (Students) as Factors in
Retention" (B. W. Emerson); (6) "A Comprehensive Model To
Enhance the Academic Achievement of Black Minority Students
Attending Predominantly White Colleges/Universities" (L. L.
Baker); (7) "Tribal Cooperation in Education Opportunities
for Native Americans: Twenty Years of St. Regis Mohawk-St.
Lawrence University Association" (R. N. Wells, Jr. and D.
White); (8) "An Effective American Indian Social Work
Program: Recruitment, Retention and Graduation" (E. D.
Edwards and M. Egbert-Edwards); and (9) "The Culture of
Affirmative Action: The Law School Perspective" (A. J.
Scanlon). Twenty-six papers not included among these
selected for publication are mentioned in the body of the
document, and the conference agenda, which lists the titles
of all papers is included. (SLD)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Persistence; American-Indians;
Black-Students; Ethnic-Groups; Etiology-; Excellence-in
Education; Higher-Education; Student-Attrition; White
Students
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Academic-Achievement;
*Affirmative-Action;
*College-Students; *Equal-Education; *Minority-Groups;
*School-Holding-Power
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