This study explored the experiences of 18 undergraduate Black women who hold elected student leadership positions from 15 private and public historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) from around the country. For the purposes of this study, elected student leaders were defined as students who ran for offices and were elected into those…

The purpose of this study was to investigate student participation in collegiate student governance, the impact of that involvement and its influence on career choice for African-American participants, and to enlighten educators about role and value of collegiate student government participation. If participation in student government and…

In this case study, 38 Black and White participants shared their recollections of intergroup contact during the first 15 years of desegregation (1954-1969) at a Historically Black University in a predominantly White Midwestern community. Faculty and alumnae/i candidly evoked their experiences in this unusual desegregation setting and their…