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Cynthia S. Buckley – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Purpose and Method of Study: The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine factors that influenced the enrollment decisions of high-achieving and low-performing students to be admitted, enrolled, and complete their degree at Langston University. The research study included a pilot study, semi-structured interviews, and a qualitative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Black Colleges, Student Motivation
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Alice L. Daugherty; Stephen G. Katsinas; Noel Keeney – Journal of Education Finance, 2022
The Pell Grant is the foundational need-based student aid program in the United States, providing students of lower socio-economic status a pathway to afford college costs and educational expenses. Currently, over one-third of all U.S. undergraduate students receive Pell. This paper examines federal Pell assistance and institutional costs for…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Public Colleges, Regional Schools, Grants
Saunders, K. M.; Nagle, B. T. – Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, UNCF, 2018
A college degree is increasingly vital for career mobility and economic success as more employers are requiring greater levels of education and credentials. For more than 150 years, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played a leading role in graduating black students and have made significant contributions to the workforce…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, African American Students, Enrollment, Graduation Rate
Jeffery Joseph Darby Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The primary purpose of this study was to examine and determine what factors contribute to the prevention of first semester freshmen students not succeeding on high stakes tests based on their opinions, and what variables are important to their performance at the university. The Personal Educational Academic Survey (PEAS), a 65 item Likert-type…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, High Stakes Tests, Academic Achievement
Colston, Ladd G. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2005
Natural and man-made disasters represent an ominous threat to the research, instructional and public service missions of colleges and universities. From the bombings in Oklahoma City to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 to last year's Hurricane Frances, the potential damage to campus buildings, human life and irreplaceable archival resources is a…
Descriptors: Workshops, School Safety, Terrorism, National Security
Black Issues in Higher Education, 2005
A Black state lawmaker said recently that Black voters feel betrayed by Democratic leaders who agreed to a higher education bond plan that may threaten the future of the Black college in Tulsa. Rep. Opio Toure, D-Oklahoma City, also says he plans to apply for the president's job at Langston and is considering running for statewide office as an…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Presidents, Black Colleges, African Americans
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Chng, Chwee-Lye; Carlon, Alfonso; Toynes, Brian – College Student Journal, 2006
Students (N = 1,146) from five Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma participated in this study. Although students report a moderate level of HIV knowledge, they are deficient on three items related to the role of Nonoxynol-9 on HIV transmission, role of prior STD history on HIV transmission, and meaning of…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Medical Services, Gender Differences, Black Colleges
Dyer, Scott – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2005
Colleges and universities in other parts of Louisiana and the nation are opening their doors to the 72,000 college students in the greater New Orleans area who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Dr. E. Joseph Savoie, Louisiana's commissioner of higher education, says the state's board of regents is making arrangements to allow the students to…
Descriptors: Universities, Black Colleges, College Administration, Enrollment Management
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Excerpts from recently-released Department of Education reports outline the success of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Virginia in recruiting black students and faculty to predominantly white state colleges and universities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Black Teachers, College Desegregation
Williams, John B., III, Ed. – 1988
Issues concerning desegregation of U.S. campuses and federal regulation of higher education under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are considered in 12 essays. Titles and authors are as follows: "Title VI Regulation of Higher Education" (John B. Williams, III); "The Production of Black Doctoral Recipients: A Description of…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, College Attendance, College Desegregation
Marks, Joseph L.; Diaz, Alicia A. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
The "Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Fact Book on Higher Education" is one of the nation's most comprehensive collections of comparative data on higher education. For decades, state leaders, policy-makers, researchers and journalists have used the "Fact Book" to find useful data quickly--and to learn more about…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Technical Institutes, Tuition
Kurian, George T., Ed. – 1988
An annual report of the conditions of higher education in the United States for 1986-1987 is presented. The 16 sub-sections are as follows: (1) introduction; (2) principal sectors of higher education (four papers, on research universities, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and state colleges); (3) issues (15 papers, e.g. academic…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Community Colleges