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Peter Hinrichs – Education Finance and Policy, 2024
This paper documents how segregation between Black students and White students across U.S. colleges has evolved since the 1960s, explores potential channels through which changes occur, and studies segregation across majors within colleges. The main findings are: (1) Black-White dissimilarity fell sharply in the late 1960s and early 1970s and has…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, African American Students, White Students, United States History
Glendore A. Graham – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The aim of this study is to understand how African American students perceive the impact of diversity on their education's success. The research explored African American student's perspective of having a diverse faculty, administrative staff, and peers in higher education and how this influences their chances of completing their program of study…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Academic Achievement, African American Students, College Students
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Cristy Jones; Krystal L. Williams; Shellby Branch; Cate Crowe; Jaxon Miller; Will Richardson; Adriel A. Hilton – Peabody Journal of Education, 2024
Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were founded with the principal mission to educate Black people during an era when they were barred from most postsecondary opportunities. Today, these institutions play a vital role in the higher education landscape and help to insure the long-term viability of the U.S. economy. This research…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, African Americans, Racism, Violence
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Kelisha B. Graves; Noran L. Moffett – Educational Planning, 2024
A former United States government senior policy advisor recommended that each university ought to formulate an Africa strategy within its long-term strategic objectives. This study explored the potential for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to further engage with Africa as a sustainability strategy, with an eye toward…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Sustainability, Global Approach, Instructional Leadership
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Brittany N. Alligood; Amy L. McCurdy; Anne C. Fletcher – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Prior research has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted American college students; however, few studies have focused on first-year students and their experiences with attending college during unprecedented circumstances. To address this gap, first-year college students (N = 268) completed online questionnaires assessing their…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Freshmen, Influences
Charles E. Singley III – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The student retention of freshman students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities as of recent has been comparably low which leads to low graduation rates. To understand this phenomenon, there is a need to investigate the factors that impact the enrollment and retention of freshman students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Freshmen, College Enrollment, School Holding Power
Madeline Martínez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Problem: Amongst the highest at-risk student populations are minority students (students of color), first-generation college students, students from low-socioeconomic status, students experiencing financial challenges, and those who enter college academically underprepared. Furthermore, studies have found a significant gap in the educational…
Descriptors: Student Participation, First Year Seminars, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
Mark Bowen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Many African American male students who enroll in higher education institutions do not graduate. This phenomenological study aims to understand factors contributing to the success of African American male students at a Midwestern Black Historical Institution. The theory underpinning this study is William Sedlacek's noncognitive variables, which…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, College Students, Black Colleges
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Cecilia M. Orphan; Mac Wetherbee; Becket C. Duncan – Research in Higher Education, 2024
Regional Public Universities (RPUs) advance public good missions to foster postsecondary access, student-centeredness, and regional wellbeing. Despite the important contributions that RPUs make to their regions and students, scholars and the media often view the sector as amorphous and undistinguished, or they define RPUs by what they are not…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Classification, Institutional Characteristics, Geographic Regions
Lesley D. Harper – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigates the responses of leadership at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to food insecurity among students and its subsequent impact on academic success. Utilizing a cross-sectional approach, the research gathers self-reported data on students' food insecurity levels and coping mechanisms, aiming to assess the…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Leadership Role, Academic Achievement
Marybeth Gasman; Levon T. Esters – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) play a pivotal role in promoting social and economic mobility for African Americans and in mentoring the next generation of Black leaders. In "HBCU," Marybeth Gasman and Levon T. Esters explore the remarkable impact and contributions of these significant institutions. Through inspiring…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Role, Student Empowerment, African American Students
Charisse Monique Staine – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative correlational predictive study examined the extent to which academic resilience and supportive environment collectively and individually predict internal motivation in African American male first generation college students at an HBCU in the United States. Academic Resilience Theory, African American Male Theory, and the Model of…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, First Generation College Students, African American Students, Males
Eric DeVon Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
With a decade-long stagnant 34% Black male college graduation rate, there was little understanding of how and why Black male initiatives, designed to improve Black male persistence and graduation in 4-year colleges, affected retention and graduation-related behaviors, as understood by the Black male participants in such initiatives. This…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate
Retina Q. Burton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
African American women seeking senior administrative roles in higher education have few role models or defined pathways for advancement. These women only comprise 4% of all full-time college and university faculty which represents a gateway position to leadership roles. With low representation among faculty and in senior leadership positions,…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Women Administrators, African Americans, Black Colleges
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Dominique J. Baker; Tolani Britton – Education Finance and Policy, 2024
Reported hate crimes in the United States have increased rapidly in recent years, alongside an increase in general racial animus. Scholars have shown that the larger sociopolitical environment can directly impact the campus climate and experiences of all students, particularly students of color. However, little is known about how reports of hate…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Blacks, College Students, Data Analysis
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