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Davis, Cheron H., Ed.; Hilton, Adriel A., Ed.; Hamrick, Ricardo, Ed.; Brooks, F. Erik, Ed. – Diversity in Higher Education, 2021
It has been well chronicled that Black professors have experienced a long history of inequities and inequalities within the academic space. This volume explores the experiences, challenges and triumphs experienced by Black professors. Including personal essays written by Black professors, this volume showcases personal insights and inspirational…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, College Faculty, Barriers, Racial Bias
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Roth, Kenneth R., Ed.; Kumah-Abiwu, Felix, Ed.; Ritter, Zachary S., Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
This edited volume explores and deconstructs the possibilities of higher education beyond its initial purpose. The book contextualizes and argues for a more robust interrogation of persistent patterns of campus inequality driven by rapid demographic change, reduced public spending in higher education, and an increasingly polarized political…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Democracy, Neoliberalism
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Jeton McClinton Ed.; Mark A. Melton Ed.; Caesar R. Jackson Ed.; Kimarie Engerman Ed. – Diversity in Higher Education, 2015
Undergraduate Research (UGR) is any creative effort undertaken by an undergraduate that advances the knowledge of the student in an academic discipline and leads to new scholarly insights or the creation of new knowledge that adds to the wealth of the discipline. Undergraduate research is valued and encouraged at several HBCUs; however, the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Student Research, Black Colleges, Scholarship
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Keengwe, Jared, Ed.; Mbae, Justus G., Ed.; Ngigi, Simon K., Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
The increasing internationalization of today's classrooms calls for learning institutions to prepare students for success in an interdependent and technologically-advanced world. Faculty who are competent in multiple 21st century skills are best equipped to engage students in curricula that are relevant, transformative, and engaging across content…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Literacy, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Strayhorn, Terrell L., Ed.; Terrell, Melvin Cleveland, Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2010
Presenting new empirical evidence and employing fresh theoretical perspectives, this book sheds new light on the challenges that Black Students face from the time they apply to college through their lives on campus. The contributors make the case that the new generation of Black students differ in attitudes and backgrounds from earlier…
Descriptors: African American Students, First Generation College Students, Mentors, Females
Hale, Frank W., Jr., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2006
To their disadvantage, few Americans--and few in higher education--know much about the successes of historically Black colleges and universities. How is it that historically Black colleges graduate so many low-income and academically poorly prepared students? How do they manage to do so well with students "as they are", even when…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, African American Students, College Students, Academic Achievement
Cuyjet, Michael J., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2006
This book is a much-needed resource that includes examples of real-world programs and activities to enhance academic success in the college environment for African American men. The examples are collected from a variety of institutions across the country. With contributions from leading practitioners and scholars in the field, this book explores…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Religious Factors, Leadership
Sawyer, R. McLaren, Ed.; Prichard, Keith W., Ed.; Hostetler, Karl D., Ed. – 1992
This book, intended for those in the early years of an academic career, presents papers on academic career development organized into two parts: Part 1 is on role expectations for beginning professors at eight institutions of higher education and part 2 describes career patterns by faculty members. Each of the two Parts begins with an editorial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Black Colleges, Career Development