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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED198270 AUTHOR: Moody, Ferman B., Ed.; Jordan, Joseph, Ed.



TITLE: National Association for the Advancement of Black
Americans in Vocational Education. NAABAVE Conference
Proceedings, AVA Convention (Dallas, Texas, December 1-4,
1978).

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1979
NOTE: 98 p.; For a related document see ED 173 582.

ABSTRACT: These conference proceedings present an overview
of significant activities that took place at the National
Association for the Advancement of Black Americans in
Vocational Education (NAABAVE) forum during the American
Vocational Association Convention in Dallas, December 1-4,
1978. The document is organized in two major sections: (1)
the public hearing, with the theme "An Essential Beginning
for Blacks in the Search for New Directions in Vocational
Education," and (2) an overview of the business meeting. In
the first section are these twelve presentations: The Birth
of NAABAVE; Education for Everyone; An Overview of the
Office of Civil Rights Guidelines for Vocational Education;
The Involvement of Blacks in the Vocational Political
Process; To Be Black and Qualified within Itself Is Not
Enough; Implications of the Bakke Decision for Increasing
Black Participation in Vocational Education; Increased
Black Participation in Vocational Education Is a Must;
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Youth Programs in
Miami, Florida; Realistic Parameters of
Technical-Vocational Technical Training Programs within
Affirmative Action Concepts; Remarks from the Executive
Secretary; Remarks from the Deputy Commissioner; and the
Presidential Address. The second section presents the
minutes of the general business meeting, as well as reports
from these Committees: Nominations; Program; Legislative;
Research Development, and Evaluation; Public Relations; and
NAABAVE. The financial statement is also provided. (YLB)

KEY DESCRIPTORS: Black-Influences; Black-Students; Civil
Rights-Legislation; Educational-Legislation; Equal
Education; On-the-Job-Training; Policy-; Racial
Discrimination; Secondary-Education; Youth-Programs
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Black-Education;
*Blacks-; *Participation-; *Vocational-Education

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