An attempt to assess the quality of black student life at an unnamed State University during the late sixties which concludes that the responsibility for its content must be borne by all segments of the university community, i.e. administration, faculty and students; the university's lack of concern for the success of programs for black students…

A graduate of Cornell university's class of 1970 reflects on his experiences as a black undergraduate at Cornell from 1966 to 1970, what affirmative action meant to him and his generation of college students, and the self-education black students experienced at Cornell at that time. William Bowen and Derek Bok recently published "The Shape of…

Two educators expressed their views on the implementation of black studies programs and how these programs might be established in a more successful manner. (RK)

Whether the model in black studies is a department, a center, an institute or an interdisciplinary program it should consist of a minimum of four components: academic, community, cultural, and evaluative; each of the components should be interrelated to provide students with significant experiences according to their goals. (Author/JM)

An interview with a distinguished black historian and former chairman of the Department of History at the University of Chicago. (JM)

Discusses Nicolas Guillen who is, perhaps, the most famous of black Hispanic poets, and the most familiar to Afro-Americans who know his work through the translations of Langston Hughes. (Author/JM)

Teachers of a black curriculum program must be able to hold black culture up as a banner, worthy in itself of admiration and praise and not look upon it as unworthy of remaining in America as a separate and important entity. (Author)

A detailed and critical review of an anthology edited by Nathan Wright entitled What Black Educators Are Saying.'' (JM)

Reports an investigation applying the criteria of balance as regards emphasis and space in textbooks and other instructional materials, and of accuracy of historical interpretation, to the treatment of two black leaders in elementary and secondary school curricula. (Author/JM)

A good black university must take serious note of not only its responsibilities as a Western institution, but also those it shares with universities of the Third World. (DM)

Article is based on a UCLA and University of Kansas survey of black studies courses in four-year colleges, but also touches on secondary school programs. Over half of 72 respondent colleges have or plan black studies. Participating faculty still predominantly white. Emphasis varies from research to cultural history to community research. (PD)

Explores the academic, psychological, and social implications of hurriedly organized Black studies programs for future Negro higher education. (JM)