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LJ ick up any newspaper or magazine, and somewhere on the front
pages you'll find an article about black protests on college campuses.
From the violent confrontations at San Francisco State to the occupations at Brandeis, black students all over the United States are making
news through their actions and their thoughts.
For college administrators, the story of black student activism is
hardly news. It exists on virtually every campus, it is a major focus of
every meeting, it is a subject foremost in the minds of everyone connected with colleges. And yet, every time black students move beyond the
bounds of speech, or rhetoric, it comes as a great shock to the involved
college community—and it suddenly becomes front page news in newspapers that never seem to report the quiet changes that are constantly
being made.
This special College Management report is not designed to tell
you once again what you already know. It is designed to accomplish two
ends:
1. To help you hear what black students really are saying all over the
• United.States. For some administrators, unfortunately, this may repr^
mi\\ the very lis st time (hey have really listened to what Is being HttiiL For
others, it will reinforce what you may have already guessed: That the
demands being Voiced on your campus are being echoed all over the nation.
2. To tell you what other colleges have done to avoid—or minimize
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it line
fe:
i
f my
filiUUilLiU V/QU
4^
LJ ick up any newspaper or magazine, and somewhere on the front
pages you'll find an article about black protests on college campuses.
From the violent confrontations at San Francisco State to the occupations at Brandeis, black students all over the United States are making
news through their actions and their thoughts.
For college administrators, the story of black student activism is
hardly news. It exists on virtually every campus, it is a major focus of
every meeting, it is a subject foremost in the minds of everyone connected with colleges. And yet, every time black students move beyond the
bounds of speech, or rhetoric, it comes as a great shock to the involved
college community—and it suddenly becomes front page news in newspapers that never seem to report the quiet changes that are constantly
being made.
This special College Management report is not designed to tell
you once again what you already know. It is designed to accomplish two
ends:
1. To help you hear what black students really are saying all over the
• United.States. For some administrators, unfortunately, this may repr^
mi\\ the very lis st time (hey have really listened to what Is being HttiiL For
others, it will reinforce what you may have already guessed: That the
demands being Voiced on your campus are being echoed all over the nation.
2. To tell you what other colleges have done to avoid—or minimize
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