This volume includes papers 16-32 in a 32-paper collection: (16) "Mining the Fields of Teacher Education: Preparing Teachers to Teach African American Children in Urban Schools" (Patricia A. Edwards, Gwendolyn T. McMillon, and Clifford T. Bennett); (17) "Mentoring Adolescents At Risk or At Promise" (Tammie M. Causey and Kassie Freeman); (18) "Why are There So Few African Americans in Gifted Education Programs?" (Frank C. Worrell); (19) "The Disproportionality of African Americans in Special Education: An Enduring Threat to Equality and Opportunity" (Audrey Davis McCray, Gwendolyn Webb-Johnson, and La Vonne I. Neal); (20) "The Dropout Rate among African American Males: A Policy Perspective" (Richard A. Verdugo and Ronald D. Henderson); (21) "School A or School B? The Nexus between Race and School Choice" (RoSusan D. Bartee, M. Christopher Brown II, and William T. Trent); (22) "A New Model for Governance in Big City School Districts" (Richard C. Hunter, Frank Brown, and Susan Donahoo); (23) "Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back: Campus Climate, Gender, and African American Representation in Higher Education" (Gniesha Y. Dinwiddie and Walter R. Allen); (24) "Affirmative Action Attitudes of African American Community College Students: The Impact of Educational Aspirations, Self-Interest, and Racial Affect" (Eboni M. Zamani); (25) "Challenging the Academic Divide: An Examination of Persistence Factors among Low-Income Students of Color" (Eugene L. Anderson, Carol Camp Yeakey, Harriet R. Morrison, and Beverly D. Epps); (26) "Misrepresented and Misunderstood: Contemporary Dilemmas Facing HBCUs" (Jeanita W. Richardson); (27) "Navigating the Shape of the River: Helping Black Students Succeed in Colleges and Universities" (Joy L. Gaston); (28) "A Different World: The Social and Educational Objectives of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Before and After the Brown Decision" (V.P. Franklin); (29) "When and Where We Enter: African American Students' Marginalization in the Context of a Predominantly White Multicultural Education Course" (Heather M. Pleasants); (30) "The Importance of Increasing the Numbers of Individuals of Color to Enhance Cultural Responsiveness in Program Evaluation" (Henry T. Frierson); (31) "Percentage Plans in Admissions: Redefining Access in American Higher Education in Texas, California, and Florida" (Eugene L. Anderson); and (32) "A Case for Race Consciousness" (T. Alexander Aleinikoff). (Papers contain references.) (SM)