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A Culture of Success: Black Alumnae Discussions of the Assets-Based Approach at Spelman College
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Winkle-Wagner, Rachelle; Forbes, Jacqueline M.; Rogers, Shelby; Reavis, Tangela Blakely – Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Some campuses are exemplars for best practices for racial inclusion in higher education, and they offer a vital opportunity to understand how to better include Black students. This critical life story analysis of Black college alumnae who graduate from a historically Black, women's institution, Spelman College, demonstrates the importance of…
Descriptors: Females, African Americans, Alumni, Black Colleges
Authentically Me: Examining Expectations That Are Placed upon Black Women in College
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Winkle-Wagner, Rachelle; Kelly, Bridget Turner; Luedke, Courtney L.; Reavis, Tangela Blakely – American Educational Research Journal, 2019
Through analyzing critical life stories with Black alumnae from predominantly White institutions, this article offers a narrative, in-depth approach to explore the ways in which alumnae managed and resisted expectations and stereotypes that were placed upon them by peers, faculty, and staff during college. Findings suggested that participants…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, College Students, Expectation
Giving Voice to Student and Alumnae Opposition during the Transition to Coeducation by a College for Women
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Clarke, Rebecca Jean Grandstaff – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation provides insight into students' and alumnae's experiences during the transition and legal proceedings as their former college for women transitioned to coeducation. Previous research on the transition of single-sex colleges to coeducation has primarily examined the process from an organizational perspective. This study focuses on…
Descriptors: Crime, Activism, Females, Coeducation
Engaging Institutional Environments and Alumni Donor Participation Rates: Is There a Linkage?
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Field, Kimberly Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined the relationship between engaging institutional environments and alumni donor participation rates at 310 colleges and universities. The study found that engaging environments have positive relationships to alumni donor participation rates at Carnegie Baccalaureate institutions, but the relationship is not significant at Masters…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, College Environment, Donors, Alumni
Speech Presented by Dr. Clyda S. Rent at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (San Antonio, Texas, February 5, 1995).
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Rent, Clyda S. – 1995
This paper presents a speech by the President of the Mississippi University for Women (MUW), on the history of MUW and her secrets of success as an educator and administrator. The speech traces the history of MUW, founded in 1884 as the first public college for women in the United States. It lists the accomplishments of distinguished alumni,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Alumni, College Environment
Alumni Attitudes: Men and Women's Descriptions of Their College Experience, Present Work, and Present Recreational Activities.
Jaynes, William E.; And Others – 1981
Alumni attitudes concerning their college experience, present work, and present recreational activities were analyzed in relation to the time in college, using a semantic differential format. Four items were used for each type of rating, one evaluative, another activity-oriented, and two potency oriented. The evaluation dimension concerns the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alumni, College Attendance, College Environment