HEW PRESSES UNC

              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.