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HEW PRESSES UNC
by Melanie Bassett
The Consolidated
University of North Carolina
Iks been encouraged to
I increase its desegregation by
the U.S. Department of
\ Health, Education, and
Welfare. Action on their
recommendations must be
reported in -60 days.
In a letter to President
Mlliam Friday, the Office
for Civil Rights stated "it
should be the official policy
of the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and North
Carolina State University at
Raleigh to encourage
enrollment among all
| qualified black students and
persons from minority
groups."
UNC-G's Chancellor
James S. Ferguson and
Neo-Black President Linda
Kelly expressed different
opinions concerning the
University's past efforts on
desegregation. Chancellor
Ferguson cited the Upward
Bound program (which has
now been in progress for 3Vi
years) as one example of the
University's previous
attempts at cooperation with
black schools in this area.
Miss Kelly felt however, that
the program, specifically last
summer, had "done more
harm than good".
'GOOD FAITH'
Chancellor Ferguson
noted that "the good faith
of the administration in
trying to overcome the
effects of past segregation"
had been recognized by the
Office for Civil Rights. He
stated that "obviously our
3.8 percent black enrollment
does not come anywhere
close to the 25 to 30
percent of the black
population in North
Carolina". He observed
however, that this percentage
is high in comparison with
other Universities in the
area.
The University employs 5
black instructors . Plans for
the recruitment of more
black faculty have
drawbacks, according to the
Chancellor the availability is
not great. "The entire
nation," he said, "faces the
problem of trying to spread
the qualified black faculty."
'SPEED UP'
Linda Kelly saw the letter
from the Office for Civil
Rights as "not surprising".
She further added that it
would hopefully "speed up
actions on campus."
On the question of
faculty recruitment, Miss
Kelly sees no lack of
qualified black faculty
available. She did not think
that "much had been done
in that area". Miss Kelly sees
future student recruitment
based on more financial
assistance to low-income
black students, in the form
of scholarships; through the
waving of normal admission
requirements; and by
remedial programs. Miss
cont'd p.4 col.4
Chancellor Ferguson, Linda Kelly and Carolinian reporter Melanie
Bassett discuss the memoranda from President William Friday
concerning the HEW letter.
Object Description
| Title | HEW PRESSES UNC |
| Date | 1970-02-11 |
| Creator | Bassett, Melanie |
| Biographical/historical note | Melanie Bassett was a student at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the copy editor of The Carolinian in 1970. |
| Subject headings | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Topics | Race relations at UNCG |
| Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
| Description | This February 11, 1970, article by Melanie Bassett, copy editor of The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), discusses the university's response to pressure from the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to further its desegregation efforts. HEW requested a report within sixty days on actions that would promote desegregation and minority faculty recruitment. Chancellor James Sharbrough Ferguson cited the Upward Bound program as a positive step toward cooperation with black schools, but noted that there was room for imporovement with respect to black enrollment (3.8 percent) and faculty (five instructors). HEW suggested that the university system should add equal opportunity statements to all publications, review its recruitment program, cooperate with black schools, increase faculty recruitment efforts, and work with "high risk" populations. |
| Type | text |
| Original format | clippings |
| Original dimensions | 10.25" x 7.25" |
| Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Language | en |
| Contributing institution | Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
| Source collection | The Carolinian (Civil Rights Clippings) |
| Finding aid link | The full run of The Carolinian, from which this article is taken, is available online at http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/Carolinian |
| Rights statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Additional rights information | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
| Object ID | CarolinanCRG.0851 |
| Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/ |
| Sponsor | LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html |
| OCLC number | 884369159 |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | HEW PRESSES UNC by Melanie Bassett The Consolidated University of North Carolina Iks been encouraged to I increase its desegregation by the U.S. Department of \ Health, Education, and Welfare. Action on their recommendations must be reported in -60 days. In a letter to President Mlliam Friday, the Office for Civil Rights stated "it should be the official policy of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University at Raleigh to encourage enrollment among all | qualified black students and persons from minority groups." UNC-G's Chancellor James S. Ferguson and Neo-Black President Linda Kelly expressed different opinions concerning the University's past efforts on desegregation. Chancellor Ferguson cited the Upward Bound program (which has now been in progress for 3Vi years) as one example of the University's previous attempts at cooperation with black schools in this area. Miss Kelly felt however, that the program, specifically last summer, had "done more harm than good". 'GOOD FAITH' Chancellor Ferguson noted that "the good faith of the administration in trying to overcome the effects of past segregation" had been recognized by the Office for Civil Rights. He stated that "obviously our 3.8 percent black enrollment does not come anywhere close to the 25 to 30 percent of the black population in North Carolina". He observed however, that this percentage is high in comparison with other Universities in the area. The University employs 5 black instructors . Plans for the recruitment of more black faculty have drawbacks, according to the Chancellor the availability is not great. "The entire nation" he said, "faces the problem of trying to spread the qualified black faculty." 'SPEED UP' Linda Kelly saw the letter from the Office for Civil Rights as "not surprising". She further added that it would hopefully "speed up actions on campus." On the question of faculty recruitment, Miss Kelly sees no lack of qualified black faculty available. She did not think that "much had been done in that area". Miss Kelly sees future student recruitment based on more financial assistance to low-income black students, in the form of scholarships; through the waving of normal admission requirements; and by remedial programs. Miss cont'd p.4 col.4 Chancellor Ferguson, Linda Kelly and Carolinian reporter Melanie Bassett discuss the memoranda from President William Friday concerning the HEW letter. |
