Profiles Charles Hamilton Houston, onetime head of Howard University, counsel to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and legal scholar instrumental in framing the strategy that produced the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Houston also argued a number of other important civil rights cases. (SLD)

According to a study of 40,192 college students, the average weekly alcohol consumption among black students is only one-third that of white students, and black collegians report binge drinking at rates less than half those of white students. Hypotheses are advanced for these differences. (SLD)

In 1992, only four blacks in the entire country earned a Ph.D. in mathematics. In the 25 highest-ranked universities, there are only 5 black mathematics professors. Traditional academic beliefs about the inability of blacks to do abstract thinking appear partly responsible. (SLD)

This memoir and appreciation of the author's father highlights the invisibility of the African American family man. Hope and the struggle to avoid disappointment in one's own life are qualities that sustain such men. (SLD)

Reviews the life and accomplishments of Ralph Bunche, winner of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in the first Arab-Israeli war. The focus is on Bunche's higher education, from undergraduate work at the University of California, Los Angeles, through his graduate work at Harvard. (SLD)

Once black students matriculate at a predominantly white college, they are often left to fend for themselves. Some schools, however, have launched retention programs that are effective. Characteristics of effective retention efforts, especially the importance of concerned, supportive faculty, are reviewed. (SLD)

A tentative effort is made to use citation analysis to evaluate productivity of science departments at black universities and to compare them with other black universities and white universities. Caution is urged in interpreting citation analysis results, but they do seem to indicate a widening gap between white schools and black schools. (SLD)

Bartering opportunities to win education and benefits for Blacks are substantial because the Clinton administration needs the votes of the Black Caucus to pass contested legislation. The education proposals of the caucus are reviewed, along with the need for better-defined agendas. (SLD)

This database lists scholarships specifically available to African American students and some available to minority students in general. Scholarships for undergraduates in general and specific fields and awards for graduate and professional students are listed. (SLD)

Current applications of experiential learning in higher education include field-based experiences, credit for prior learning, and classroom-based programs. In the workplace, action learning, future search, and outdoor education are among the forms of experiential learning being used. (SK)

A process model for experiential learning (EL) in adult education begins with the characteristics and needs of adult learners and conceptual foundations of EL. It includes methods and techniques for in-class and field-based experiences, building a folio (point-in-time performance assessment), and portfolio construction (assessing transitional…

The first part of the process model for experiential learning (EL) includes student characteristics and needs (role of experience and prior knowledge, different learning processes, active involvement, affiliation needs, life context) and conceptual foundations of EL (definitions of knowledge, elements of cognition, constructivist teaching,…

Part of the process model of experiential learning (EL), this article presents tables of methods and techniques for engaging learners in EL in class and in the field. Suggestions for coordinating and integrating in-class and field-based experiences are made. (SK)

The first step in portfolio construction is building a folio--accumulation of all possible materials documenting a person's learning. Materials may include artifacts created by the learner and attestations from other people and organizations. (SK)

A portfolio is a carefully edited collection of artifacts and attestations selected from a folio. It serves as a documented history of learning and a structured record of accomplishment. It may be used for self-evaluation, for progress assessment in adult education, or as a vehicle for engaging learners in active reflection on experience. (SK)