Negro Digest - Freedom Archives
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sity for preparing students to meet the challenges of change in today's and tomorrow's world. And, with respect to both responsibilities, the overriding consideration should and must be to give these students that education and training sought after in today's and tomorrow's labor market . Essentially, then, the education of black Americans must encompass at least three objectives-i .e . (1) an increased awareness and knowledge of their heritage and of the contributions they have made throughout history ; ( 2) a motivation and ability to render muchneeded assistance and services, of various kinds, to the total black community; and (3) the development of knowledge and skills necessary for gainful employment and satisfactory living in the larger ever-changing society . In terms of what is necessary for sustained upward economic and social mobility of black Americans, I think it meaningless, if not dangerous, to attempt to assign priorities as between these three objectives . They are all necessary . Moreover, they constitute the basis for the continuing validity and relevance of predominantly or traditionally black institutions of higher learning. These considerations dictate some rather basic modifications in the curricula of our colleges and universities, modifications which involve new directions, new and different courses, and innovatively different techniques and methodologies of instruction. Moreover, 68 there is the necessity for relating our curricula and campus activities more definitively and directly to the needs of the communities of which we are a part . None of this will be easy, but all is possible with varying degrees of ease or difficulty dependent upon conditions pertaining to particular colleges or universities . At Fisk, we are attempting to meet the challenges represented by the need and desire for black identity, dignity, and status, on the one hand, and by the new career opportunities for black college graduates, on the other. Regarding the former, we have instituted courses in African-Caribbean Studies, the Fine Arts, Literature, History, Race Relations, Sociology and Anthropology which focus on contributions, problems and developments of black people. Regarding the latter, for example, we are in the process of establishing an ambitious program in Business Administration which will prepare students who choose this area of study for promising employment immediately upon graduation as well as for graduate study in the field . We are cognizant of the need to do even more to meet the twin challenges above, and are continually alert to the opportunities for doing more . We are convinced, however, that meeting the first challenge should represent a supplement to and enrichment of our basic program and our efforts to meet the second challenge . March 1969 NEGRO DIGEST
President Emeritus, Morehouse College yes-~""HE IDEA of a black university is not clear to me . I hear some advocates say that they want a black university large enough to enroll ten thousand students . new creation . They mean a This would be a very expensive enterprise . If half of the students lived in dormitories, cost for the construction of dormitories alone could be easily 30 or 40 million dollars . The academic plant to accommodate ten thousand students would cost another 30 or 40 million dollars, and this is a conservative estimate . Such a plant could cost between 75 and 100 million dollars . If money of this magnitude is to be gotten from the Negro NEGRO DIGEST Mareh 1969 community, we can forget it. The Negroes' record of supporting higher education leads me to predict that black people would never give that amount of money. If the Negroes' educational efforts were all centered in this one university, and they might be able to get the money from black people, who could get them united to give it? Do the advocates of a single black university expect to get the money from white people? White support of Negro educational institutions, over the past hundred years, has been niggardly. What would lead one to believe that white philanthropy would be more generous in its giving to a black university than it has been in giving to predominantly Negro colleges? 69
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President Emeritus, Morehouse College<br />
yes-~""HE IDEA of a black<br />
university is not clear<br />
to me . I hear some advocates<br />
say that they<br />
want a black university<br />
large enough to enroll ten<br />
thousand students .<br />
new creation .<br />
They mean a<br />
This would be a very expensive<br />
enterprise . If half of the students<br />
lived in dormitories, cost for the<br />
construction of dormitories alone<br />
could be easily 30 or 40 million<br />
dollars . The academic plant to accommodate<br />
ten thousand students<br />
would cost another 30 or 40 million<br />
dollars, and this is a conservative<br />
estimate . Such a plant could<br />
cost between 75 and 100 million<br />
dollars . If money of this magnitude<br />
is to be gotten from the <strong>Negro</strong><br />
NEGRO DIGEST Mareh 1969<br />
community, we can forget it. The<br />
<strong>Negro</strong>es' record of supporting<br />
higher education leads me to predict<br />
that black people would never<br />
give that amount of money. If the<br />
<strong>Negro</strong>es' educational efforts were<br />
all centered in this one university,<br />
and they might be able to get the<br />
money from black people, who<br />
could get them united to give it?<br />
Do the advocates of a single black<br />
university expect to get the money<br />
from white people? White support<br />
of <strong>Negro</strong> educational institutions,<br />
over the past hundred years, has<br />
been niggardly. What would lead<br />
one to believe that white philanthropy<br />
would be more generous in<br />
its giving to a black university than<br />
it has been in giving to predominantly<br />
<strong>Negro</strong> colleges?<br />
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