Black Issues in Higher Education

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Articles in Jan 23, 1997 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education

• Resolution of the Board of Education adopting the report and recommendations of the African American task force; A policy statement and directing the superintendent of schools to devise a program to improve the English language acquisition and application
• Sidetracked by pundocracy: speaking of education - Ebonics controversy of bilingualism in Oakland, California
  by Julianne Malveaux
• Student loan default rates fall dramatically - includes related article on default violations of schools
  by Charles Dervarics
• A military strategy for combatting institutional racism
  by Willie Curtis
• An organization by any other name… - controversial name change of Hispanic Student Services at the University of New Mexico to "Centro de la Raza - includes related article
  by Roberto Rodriguez
• Small-school accreditation the business of ACBSP - Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
  by Harold W. Lundy
• Morehouse seeks football glory - Doug Williams as a Morehouse College's football coach
• Knoxville College loses accreditation; accrediting agency warns University of Florida - Knoxville College, Tennessee
• Ebonics IQI. What have we learned ? - use of Ebonics language to teach African American children - Cover Story
  by Cheryl D. Fields
• Group sues NCAA over eligibility rules - National Collegiate Alhletic Association - includes related article
  by Charles S. Farrell
• The tax man cometh for UNC - proposed audits of UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC-Charlotte by the Internal Revenue Service
• Hard-charging president of N.C.'s community college system resigns; Hackley calls it quits after two years doing 'undoable' job - Dr. Lloyd Hackley
  by Pam Kelley
• The Ebonics debate: separating fact from fallacy
  by Orlando L. Taylor