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Nea presidential address: Economics programs at historically black colleges and universities

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The Review of Black Political Economy

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If we wish to increase the number of students taking economics courses, the number of students majoring in economics and the number of students who want to learn more economics after they finish the required courses we must offer courses that students can understand, courses that answer questions that students either already know to be important or can be convinced are important.

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  1. These data are taken from the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFECO) Institutional Analysis of Office of Civil Rights (OCR) unpublished data; an interview with Dr. Elias Blake, Jr., Director, Division of Higher Education Policy Research of Howard University, Washington, D.C., January 6, 1988; and Reginald Wilson and Sarah E. Melendez, eds.,Sixth Annual Status Report on Minorities in Higher Education, (Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education, 1987).

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  2. The following institutions responded to the questionnaire: Alabama A and M University, Arkansas University at Pine Bluff, Central State University, Clark College, Fayetteville State University, Florida A and M University, Grambling State University, Hampton University, Howard University, Jackson State University, Jarvis Christian College, Kentucky State University, LeMoyne-Owen College, Lincoln University (Missouri), Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A and T University, North Carolina Central University, Prairie View A and M University, Southern University at New Orleans, Spelman College, Talladega College, Tennessee State University, Texas Southern University, and Tuskegee University.

  3. American Council on Education, 1987.

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Jones, B.A.P. Nea presidential address: Economics programs at historically black colleges and universities. Rev Black Polit Econ 16, 5–14 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02903799

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