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Higher Education Hazards Discussed
By Former University President Nabrit

Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit, executive
director of the Southern
Fellowship Fund which tries to
improve the faculty of predominantly
Negro schools, discussed
"Some of the Contemporary Issues
in Higher Education" last night in
Newcomb Hall's South Meeting
Room.

A noted scholar and educator
for nearly 40 years, publisher of
articles dealing with the educational
problems of Negroes, and ex-president
of Texas Southern University,
Mr. Nabrit spoke about the aspects
of money, "Dualism", governance,
and curriculum in educational affairs.

Besides being a college administrator,
Mr. Nabrit has been an
Atomic Energy Commissioner, president
of the National Institute of
Science, and president of the
Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools.

Mr. Nabrit first discussed the
cost of education today. He said
that the price of education will rise
substantially in the next few years.
According to his figures, the cost
should rise about 39% in the near
future.

The next subject of the lecture
was "Dualism" in education. The
main point of this topic being the
fact that the federal government is
forcing colleges to eliminate this
"Dualism" at the local level.

Governance was the next and
perhaps most important topic discussed
by Mr. Nabrit: He said that
most of the members of the Boards
of Directors at Colleges studied
have members older than forty and
their Executive Board Members are
over sixty-five years of age. He said
that perhaps this creates a gap in
the communication and understandings
between the students and
Board Members who are not fully
aware of the issues of today's
college life.

Mr. Nabrit went on to say that
the educational leaders are asking
the students to educate themselves
to heal the problems created by the
present day administrators, however
at the same time they say that
he must wait until he is about
thirty years old to do anything. The
students do not like this and are
therefore "trying to find some way
to relate, to have a voice, to be of
worth," as Mr. Nabrit puts it. "The
students must find some reason to
rally.