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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED308885 AUTHOR: Kappner, Augusta Souza
TITLE: Remarks by President Augusta Souza Kappner at the
1989 AACJC Convention Forum, "Leadership toward Empowerment:
The National Agenda for Blacks in the 21st Century."
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1989
NOTE: 23 p.; Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (69th,
Washington, DC, March 29-April 1, 1989).
ABSTRACT: A comprehensive national plan is needed to reverse
the declining enrollment and employment of blacks in higher
education. Over the last decade, government policies such as
cuts in financial aid and the erosion of Head Start, child
care, and other programs that benefit the poor have
contributed to the negatives trends in minority enrollment.
In addition, the inhospitable climate of many college
campuses, the small number of black faculty members, and the
eurocentric focus of curricula have contributed to the
flight of blacks from college. To counteract these trends
and conditions, seven issues must be addressed: access to
higher education, cultural diversity, racism, research,
systematized networking, the effects of institutional
policies, and leadership and mentoring. The Borough of
Manhattan Community College (BMCC) has been acting upon
these issues in a number of ways: (1) the college works with
city, state, and community organizations to address a
diverse array of community needs through its continuing
education program; (2) BMCC developed an innovative family
day care network which trains men and women to operate
licensed programs in their own homes; (3) a Pre-Freshman
Immersion Program provides intensive instruction in reading,
math, and writing, as well as tutoring and counseling to
high school graduates who have been admitted to BMCC; (4)
junior high and high school students are brought to campus
for extra preparation in math and science; (5) articulation
with four-year colleges is an institutional priority; (6)
the business sector has been approached as a source of
alternative financial aid funding; and (7) the college has
implemented a number of efforts to enhance pluralism and
diversity. (ALB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Access-to-Education; Black-Students;
College-Programs; College-School-Cooperation; Community
Colleges; Educational-Trends; Program-Descriptions; Remedial
Instruction; Two-Year-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Black-Education;
*School-Community-Relationship; *School-Holding-Power;
*Student-Recruitment
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