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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 |
Page/Item Description
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. |