Examines the experiences of black women faculty and administrators in South African institutions of higher education. Presents three cases that explore challenges women scholars have had to address within the context of a rapidly changing sociopolitical environment, which in turn have influenced the transformation of higher education in South…

Examines the factors leading to the creation of Kentucky's Louisville Municipal College for Negroes and the black community's use of political power to achieve educational gains in the early decades of the 20th century. Three historical developments involving black education in Louisville are examined in order to better explain the college's…