Salvaging \u22Academic Disaster Areas\u22: The Black College Response to Christopher Jencks and David Riesman\u27s 1967 Harvard Educational Review Article

摘要

During my junior year at Grambling College, the campus was roiled by the release of an article in Harvard Educational Review. [One of the articles] launched a broadside attack against Black colleges essentially questioning whether these hard-fought for institutions deserved to exist. The article’s publication caused the handful of whites on the faculty to become noticeably uncomfortable and regrettably led some of the colleagues and students to question their fealty to Grambling. (Schexnider, 2003, 128)