This study examined factors that contribute to the success of African American professionals in STEM careers. Data were collected through a survey from 40 participants and in-depth interviews with eight of them. The survey was used to explore the participants' educational experiences from elementary school through college and on their STEM-related…

This quantitative study used survey data to examine instructor use of technology in on-ground courses at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) based on student experiences (N = 9,027) during Fall Semester 2014. The study sampled undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts ( n = 5,542) of one HBCU. Increasing numbers of…

Fundraising is the most challenging issue facing Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The declines in federal and state appropriations have elucidated the need for alternative sources of financial support. The specific problem of interest is that the inherent level of entrepreneurial self-efficacy of the president and development officer…

While Bilingual Education has traditionally been associated with linguistic diversity, the rise of the number of African-American teacher candidates in a Bilingual Education program at a mid-west Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) is causing the authors to reevaluate the input of this program's curriculum and the output of the candidates'…

The advent of mobile phone technologies and the emergence of new social media websites created a new platform for social interactions. This new phenomenon has positive features that allow individuals to interact socially and to conduct business. The use of social media also allows its users to share or exchange valuable knowledge and information,…

This study examines how various life factors and personal attributes affect African American adult learners' use of the three types of learning interaction-learner-content, learner-instructor, and learner-learner. Multivariate multiple regression analyses were used. The aggregate effect of life factors on African American adult learners' use of…

This paper examines technology-mediated advising reform in order to contribute to the understanding of how colleges engage in transformative change to improve student outcomes. Conceptualizing such change as occurring along three interrelated dimensions of organizational functioning (structural, process, and attitudinal), we seek to understand the…