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Direct linkJett, Christopher C. – Teachers College Press, 2022
For more than 175 years, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played a significant role in educating Black students. This book examines the experiences of a cohort of 16 Black male math majors at Morehouse College referred to as "the mathematical brotherhood." Through the lenses of Black masculinity and critical race…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Success, College Students
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
Timothy L. Fields; Shereem Herndon-Brown – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024
Finding the right college is a challenge for all students, but Black families face additional challenges and questions when navigating the admissions process. Veteran admissions experts Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown demystify this complexity by advising families on when to begin the process, where to apply, and how to be a…
Descriptors: College Admission, African American Students, College Applicants, Black Colleges
Peer reviewedSmall, Pamela Felder, Ed.; Barker, Marco J., Ed.; Gasman, Marybeth, Ed. – SUNY Press, 2020
"Sankofa" reexamines doctoral education through the lens of African American and Black experiences. Drawing on the African diasporic legacy of "Sankofa" and the notion that "it is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten," the contributors "go back" to address legacies of exclusion in higher…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Race, Cultural Influences, Racial Factors
Khanare, Fumane Portia, Ed.; Marina, Brenda L. H., Ed. – IGI Global, 2023
A grassroots understanding of well-being can be an effective approach to meeting the needs of children in low-resource settings. Due to this, evidence on how to sustain such approaches is needed. "Successful Pathways for the Well-Being of Black Students" addresses a long-standing need for a book that focuses more on strength over…
Descriptors: Well Being, African American Students, Student Needs, At Risk Students
Brown, M. Christopher, II, Ed.; Dancy, T. Elon, II, Ed. – Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research, Policy and Praxis, 2017
This book examines colleges and universities across the diaspora with majority African, African-American, and other Black designated student enrolments. Research confirms that these campuses possess a flourishing landscape with racial, economic, and gender diversity while sharing a Black identity created through global racialization. Globally,…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Students, African American Students, Global Approach
Hinton, Samuel L., Ed.; Woods, Antwon D., Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
As higher educational learning enters a new age, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are seeking innovative ways to establish strategies to compete with other academic institutions. As establishments that have played a pivotal role in transforming the landscape of higher education, HBCUs are facing rapid transformation and various…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Black Colleges, Learner Engagement, Strategic Planning
DeLoatch, Eugene M., Ed.; McClain, Aliecia R., Ed.; Jackson, Leigh Miles, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2022
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other minority institutions (MIs) represent a valuable resource to expand the Department of Defense's (DoD) government and extramural workforce and science and technology enterprise. The more than 400 public and private HBCUs, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions,…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Minority Serving Institutions, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
Black, Ruth Claire, Ed. – IGI Global, 2017
Student retention has become a difficult issue within higher education. As such, it is imperative to examine the causes, as well as provide educators with strategies to implement to improve retention rates. "Critical Assessment and Strategies for Increased Student Retention" is a pivotal reference source for the latest progressive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Study Abroad
Brown, M. Christopher, II, Ed.; Dancy, T. Elon, II, Ed.; Davis, James Earl, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2013
This book's predecessor, "Black Sons to Mothers: Compliments, Critiques, and Challenges for Cultural Workers in Education" (Peter Lang, 2000), sparked a decade of meaningful scholarship on the educational experiences and academic outcomes of African American males. "Black Sons to Mothers" proffered seminal contributions to the academic literature…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, African American Education, Race
Gasman, Marybeth – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012
The Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of only four predominantly Black medical schools in the United States. Among its illustrious alumni are surgeons general of the United States, medical school presidents, and numerous other highly regarded medical professionals. This book tells the engrossing history of this venerable…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, African American Institutions, African Americans, Racial Relations
Palmer, Robert T., Ed.; Hilton, Adriel A., Ed.; Fountaine, Tiffany Patrice, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
This book provides context about the experiences of Black graduate and professional students attending HBCUs. Indeed, such research is important, particularly since HBCUs play a significant role in the number of Blacks who receive doctorates and professional degrees (i.e. M.D., D.D.S., J.D. etc.), especially in science and engineering. In fact,…
Descriptors: Professional Education, African American Students, Black Colleges, Social Capital
Williamson, Joy Ann – Teachers College Press, 2008
This path-breaking examination of Black colleges in Mississippi during Civil Rights and Black Power Movements offers a unique opportunity to understand how institutions are transformed into libratory agents. Williamson examines how campus constituents negotiated and clashed over local, state, and national pressures against the backdrop of the…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Civil Rights, Activism, Conflict
Palmer, Robert T., Ed.; Wood, J. Luke, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Black Men in College" provides vital information about how to effectively support, retain, and graduate Black male undergraduates. This edited collection centers on the notion that Black male collegians are not a homogenous group; rather, they are representative of rarely acknowledged differences that exist among them. This valuable text suggests…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Black Colleges, Academic Persistence, Homosexuality
Flowers, Lamont A.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
This book presents the results and implications of a major new national study exploring the effects of institutional racial composition on African American students' development and their educational outcomes, taking into account individuals' background characteristics, their perceptions of the institutional environment, and their experiences in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Institutional Research, Black Colleges, Educational Objectives
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