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Davis, Cheron H., Ed.; Hilton, Adriel, Ed.; Outten, Donavan L., Ed. – Diversity in Higher Education, 2018
This book focuses on the lived experiences of underserved student and faculty populations at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and the implications these experiences have for higher education policy. Contributors discuss the contexts and experiences of students and faculty who navigate the political and social spaces of HBCUs…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Minority Group Students, Minority Group Teachers, Racism
Brown, David W., Ed.; Witte, Deborah, Ed. – Kettering Foundation, 2009
This volume begins with an essay by Noelle McAfee, a contributor who is familiar to readers of Higher Education Exchange (HEX). She reiterates Mathews' argument regarding the disconnect between higher education's sense of engagement and the public's sense of engagement, and suggests a way around the epistemological conundrum of "knowledge…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Democracy, Governance, Journalism
Palmer, James C., Ed.; Vaughan, George B., Ed. – 1992
Endorsing a broader definition of scholarship and increased recognition of faculty and administrator scholarship in two-year colleges, this collection of seven articles examines the role of leadership in changing institutional attitudes and values; the connection between scholarship and teaching; and the professional obligations of community…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Classroom Research, College Environment
Strommer, Diane W., Ed. – 1993
This monograph offers seven case studies and supporting papers on university colleges and undergraduate divisions and their role in shaping the freshman college experience. An introductory section offers a preface, information on the authors and a first chapter "University Colleges Today" by Diane W. Strommer which examines the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Colleges, Case Studies, College Curriculum
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1985
Undergraduate education in different postsecondary sectors is discussed in four articles on community colleges, state colleges, liberal arts colleges, and research universities. For each type of college, consideration is given to its history; value system; physical, financial, and human resources; and internal and external factors affecting…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Environment, College Faculty, College Role