A Neglected Challenge [microform] : Minority Participation in Higher Education. Occasional Paper No. Seventeen / Frank H. T. Rhodes
- Bib ID:
- 5490158
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Rhodes, Frank H. T
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED293389
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987
- 19 p.
- Summary:
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Issues concerning participation by minority groups in higher education in the United States are considered, along with some criticisms of higher education concerning: the substance and style of undergraduate education; efficiency and cost of college; a confusion of aims, missions, and goals among colleges and universities; and access, choice, and admissions issues. Enrollment trends for minorities since World War II are briefly traced, and implications of declining minority participation are noted. Possible responses to declining minority enrollments are recommended: increasing efforts in recruiting, improving retention, providing adequate support services, facilitating employment and graduate and professional study, and fostering wider partnerships with schools. Suggestions for universities and schools include better teacher training programs in the colleges and schools and better opportunities for teacher recognition, career development, and professional satisfaction in the schools. Targets by which to reduce the high school dropout rate nationwide and programs to achieve it are also proposed, along with establishing a meaningful competency level of literacy for school graduates. (SW)
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- Availability: Academy for Educational Development, 1255 23rd St., N.W., Washington, DC 20037.
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Academy for Educational Development (May 1987).
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
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- Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC
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