A study of 14 experienced high school physical education teachers' views of and rationales for effective teaching used critical incidents, the Q-sort technique, and informal interviews. Analysis found that most teachers defined effective teaching as a hierarchy of pedagogical practices in which organization, management, discipline, and control…

A study of the impact of teacher education programs on 20 student teachers found that the degree to which students incorporated general pedagogical knowledge into teaching was contingent on placement, setting, support of the cooperating teacher, influence of pupils, and level the student teacher was teaching. Participants had greater difficulty…

Addresses the African American presence in higher education and educational outcomes. Articles cover such topics as the racial composition in universities and colleges and faculty, race relations, enrollment and graduation rates, income differentials, political influences on black education, athletic scholarships, information specifically on black…

Presents the statistical record of the progress of African Americans in institutions of higher education in the United States. Statistical indicators measure racial and educational inequality, higher education statistics in black African nations, the number of black students and scholars at colleges and universities in the United States, and the…

Provides an overview of the history of blacks in higher education tracing their progress from 1619 to 1970. The speech explores the creation of land grant universities and black colleges and highlights Supreme Court rulings having major impacts on black progress in higher education. (GR)

Questions whether the nation's most prestigious colleges and universities are admitting large numbers of black students who are not capable of competing with their white classmates and if admission double standards are doing more harm than good. The article is followed by editorial comments addressing the author's position on mismatching. (GR)

Addresses the question of why there is a decrease in college participation by blacks and whether this indicates that American society is becoming more racist. It explains how low expectations about going to college can negatively affect secondary school performance and how government policies contributed to those expectations. (GR)

Examines the historical record of blacks receiving honorary degrees through the following stages: total exclusion; institutional tokenism; and genuine recognition of merit and achievement. Honorary degrees awarded between 1952 and 1994 by Harvard, Yale, and Princeton universities are listed. (GR)

Shows that, although black colleges continue to suffer severe strains on their financial resources, dozens of white colleges and universities are raising far more money in a single year than the entire combined endowments of all 41 black colleges. Fund-raising handicaps are discussed, as well as how the Supreme Court threatens the future of black…

Discusses the history of the admission of African Americans at the Harvard Medical School and the racial prejudice that followed. The author reveals how Harvard medical students of the time believed that blacks were intellectually inferior and that having black students at the school would devalue the school and their diplomas. (GR)

Reveals that, prior to the 1970s, businesses did not hire blacks for managerial positions, but today American businesses are eager for black managers, producing a great increase in black matriculation in the nation's Master's of Business Administration programs. Profiles of blacks who were business school pioneers are presented. (GR)

Discusses the increasing presence of Asians in higher education, their domination of the very top of Scholastic Aptitude Test ranks, and why these circumstances may cause racial conservatives to rethink advocating race-blind college admissions. Asian dominance in admissions at the most prestigious universities in the United States and how some…

Discusses the accomplishments of black studies programs in U.S. colleges and universities and what contributions these studies have made to improving the world of higher education. A group of four scholars provide their opinions. (GR)

Discusses the higher educational background of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from his acceptance at Holy Cross College through affirmative action through Yale University. The authors provide a description of Justice Thomas as a person who constantly felt he was being looked down upon and describe his bitterness and frustration following…

Argues that, although there are presently over 20,000 prison inmates, the largest of whom are black, enrolled in higher education programs, by 1996, there may be none. The author provides justification for prisoner rehabilitation, revealing the inadequacy of harsh punishment in stemming crime, and presents reasons why higher education in prisons…