Black, Hispanic Male Crisis A Concern At Higher Ed Summit

Posted on: December 5th, 2006
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“At a recent summit of higher education officials looking to confront the crisis of minority males, Dr. James H. Ammons summed up the mission ahead: “We, as leaders, have to step to the plate. [Black male] enrollment in prison cannot continue to supersede enrollment in higher education.”

Ammons, chancellor of North Carolina Central University, challenged his colleagues during a summit, held in the last week, entitled “Black, Brown, & College Bound: A Summit on African-American & Hispanic Males Meeting the Challenge of Higher Education.””

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