The Journal of Negro Education back issues from January 2000:
Errata sheet
Jan 01, 2000; ... The Journal of Negro Education Volume 69, Winter/Spring 2000, Numbers 112 The following corrections should be noted for the article entitled Te Federal Courts and Claims of Racial Discrimination in Higher Education," by Janell Byrd-Chichester: (1) On page 12, line 7 of text, ...
Affirmative action and the JNE
Jan 01, 2000; ... Editor's Comments Research and policy studies on access of African Americans to educational opportunities have been a major focus of this journal since its inception in 1932. This work certainly is central to our mission, and the JNE has played a crucial role in documenting studies that ...
Knocking at freedom's door: Race, equity and affirmative action in U.S. higher education
Jan 01, 2000; ... Introduction and Overview Knocking at Freedom's Door: Race, Equity and Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education* The American Dream lies at the very heart of the U.S. cultural ethos. At the center of this ideal is the emphatic conviction that, in this society, education ...
The federal courts and claims of racial discrimination in higher education
Jan 01, 2000; ... This article places current controversies over affirmative action and higher education desegregation in the broad historical context of legal challenges to the racial social order in the United States. With a specific focus on the role of federal courts, the article provides an overview of the ...
Affirmative action and standardized test scores
Jan 01, 2000; ... African Americans are faced with the threat of losing affirmative action as a legal vehicle for taking race and racial context into account. In education, its removal would mean greater reliance on "objective" indices such as SAT scores. This article presents analyses which show that racial ...
An unfinished mission: Affirmative action, minority admissions, and the politics of mission at the University of California, 1868-1997
Jan 01, 2000; ... The University of California's Berkeley campus (UCB) has been viewed as a bellwether for diversity in U.S. higher education. As such, recent changes in its admissions policies regarding underrepresented minorities have fueled much public debate. This article examines how the UC system has ...
The relationship of high school characteristics to the selection of undergraduate students for admission to the University of California-Berkeley
Jan 01, 2000; ... This study compared selected characteristics of the high schools attended by three groups of students: those admitted to the University of California-Berkeley (UCB) in 1998 and 1999, those denied admission to UCB in those years, and California high school students in general. Discrepancies ...
Critical race theory, racial microaggressions, and campus racial climate: The experiences of African American college students
Jan 01, 2000; ... Microaggressions are subtle insults (verbal, nonverbal, and/or visual) directed toward people of color, often automatically or unconsciously. Using critical race theory as a framework, the study described in this article provides an examination of racial microaggressions and how they influence ...
The impact of "colorblind" ideologies on students of color: Intergroup relations at a predominantly white university
Jan 01, 2000; ... This article examines some post-admissions issues related to collegiate affirmative action. Specifically, it focuses on the experiences and interactions of students of color with their White peers on predominantly White college campuses. Focus group interviews with African American, Latino/a, ...
Pathways to success: Affirming opportunities for science, mathematics, and engineering majors
Jan 01, 2000; ... Using cross-tabulations, factor analyses, and logistic regressions, this study examined the flow out of and into science, mathematics, and engineering (SME) majors of a cohort of African American, American Indian, and Chicano/Latino undergraduates (N = 330) and factors associated with ...
The Black academic: Faculty status among African Americans in U.S. higher education
Jan 01, 2000; ... Research reveals a persistent problem of underrepresentation and low academic status of African American faculty members at most U.S. colleges and universities. Using univariate and bivariate statistics, this study examined the status of African Americans in the U.S. professorate and its ...
Those who got in the door: The University of California-Berkeley's affirmative action success story
Jan 01, 2000; ... Presumptions of a level playing field in higher education suggest that affirmative action is passe, yet students of color continue to face situations with which other students do not have to contend. Though many persist and excel in college and become successful contributors to society, ...
Affirmative action: Another instance of racial workings in the United States
Jan 01, 2000; ... Epilogue No one can say that affirmative action has failed. Over the years and despite the controversy and widespread opposition, a substantial number of African Americans, most certainly including this author, and many other people of color owe their success at least in part to the ...
The live creature and its expecations for the future
Jan 01, 2000; ... In this, the 20th annual Charles H. Thompson lecture, Dr. Johnson, a widely recognized expert on assessment and measurement issues, posits that past experience perceptions and expectations of the future can have important consequences for the determination of what educational, career, and life ...
The Great School Debate: Choice, Vouchers, and Charters
Jan 01, 2000; ... The Great School Debate: Choice, Vouchers, and Charters, by Thomas L. Good and Jennifer S. Braden. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. 273 pp. $29.99, paper. Reviewed by Jerome B. Jones, Howard University. According to the authors of The Great School Debate, the ...
Navigators: African American Musicians, Dancers, and Visual Artists in Academe
Jan 01, 2000; ... Navigators: African American Musicians, Dancers, and Visual Artists in Academe, by Theresa Jenoure. New York: State University of New York Press, 1999. 225 pp. $17.95, paper. Reviewed by Beti Ellerson, Howard University. What are the influences and experiences that have shaped ...
School Choice in Urban America
Jan 01, 2000; ... School Choice in Urban America, by Claire Smrekar and Ellen Goldring. New York: Teachers College Press, 1999. 152 pp. $19.95, cloth; $46.00, paper. Reviewed by James E. Terrell, Howard University. The purpose of this contribution to the literature is to accomplish two goals ....
Race and Culture in the Classroom: Teaching and Learning Through Multicultural Education
Jan 01, 2000; ... Race and Culture in the Classroom: Teaching and Learning Through Multicultural Education, by Mary Dilg. New York: Teachers College Press, 1999. 144 pp. $17.95, paper. Reviewed by Erica Simpson, Center for Research on Students Placed At Risk, Howard University. In this ...