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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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