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ERIC Number: ED604139
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 250
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: 978-1-5225-7021-9
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Examining Student Retention and Engagement Strategies at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (AHEPD) Book Series
Hinton, Samuel L., Ed.; Woods, Antwon D., Ed.
IGI Global
As higher educational learning enters a new age, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are seeking innovative ways to establish strategies to compete with other academic institutions. As establishments that have played a pivotal role in transforming the landscape of higher education, HBCUs are facing rapid transformation and various obstacles leading to questions regarding to the cost, quality, and sustainability of these institutions. "Examining Student Retention and Engagement Strategies at Historically Black Colleges and Universities" is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the role of HBCUs in today's higher education and the various research methods addressing student retention rates, success levels, and engagement. While highlighting topics such as enrollment management, student engagement, and online learning, this publication explores successful engagement strategies that promote educational quality and equality, as well as the methods of social integration and involvement for students. This book is ideally designed for researchers, academicians, scholars, educational administrators, policymakers, graduate students, and curriculum designers. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Black College Student Success: A Landscape (Marybeth Gasman and Andrew Arrolyo); (2) The African-American Male First-Year Experience: Student Retention and Success Model (Craig Smith); (3) Sense of Belonging and Student Success at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Key to Strategic Enrollment Management and Institutional Transformation (Terrell L. Strayhorn); (4) Advancing Retention and Engagement Strategies Through Effective Online Mediums (Amanda Eakins and Sheldon L. Eakins); (5) Engaging Millennial Students Through Social Media Usage and Its Impact on HBCU Persistence (Antwon D. Woods and Kenisha Shelton); (6) A Partnership Model to Improve Retention, Increase Degree Completion, and Reduce Achievement Gaps: The HBCU Student Success Project (Kara Miles Turner, Nia Haydel, and Melanie Carter); (7) Developing Servant Leaders in Education: A Review of Retention Strategies of the Call Me MISTER Program at HBCUs (Anthony Broughton); (8) Retention Through Curriculum Development: A UK Case Study (Charles B. W. Prince); and (9) Where Do We Go From Here?: Exploring Retention and Engagement at HBCUs (Errick Farmer, Kelsey Kunkle, Sundra D. Kincey, Cheree Y. Wiltsher, and Adriel A. Hilton).
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Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Students; Policymakers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (London)
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