African Americans In Higher Education

Author : James L. Conyers,Crystal L. Edwards,Kevin B. Thompson
Publisher : Myers Education Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781975502072

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African Americans in Higher Education by James L. Conyers,Crystal L. Edwards,Kevin B. Thompson Pdf

While there is a wealth of scholarship on Africana Education, no single volume has examined the roles of such important topics as Black Male Identity, Hip Hop Culture, Adult Learners, Leadership at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Critical Black Pedagogy, among others. This book critically examines African Americans in higher education, with an emphasis on the social and philosophical foundations of Africana culture. This is a critical interdisciplinary study, one which explores the collection, interpretation, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data in the field of higher education. To date, there are not any single-authored or edited collections that attempt to research the logical and conceptual ideas of the disciplinary matrix of Africana social and philosophical foundations of African Americans in higher education. Therefore, this volume provides readers with a compilation of literary, historical, philosophical, and communicative essays that describe and evaluate the Black experience from an Afrocentric perspective for the first time. It is required reading in a wide range of African American Studies courses. Perfect for courses such as: African American Social and Philosophical Foundations | African American Studies | African Nationalist Thought | History of Black Education

Author : Kassie Freeman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791484500

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African Americans and College Choice by Kassie Freeman Pdf

Acknowledging the disparity between the number of African American high school students who aspire toward higher education and the number who actually attend, this book uncovers factors that influence African American students' decisions regarding college. Kassie Freeman brings new insights to the current body of research on African Americans and higher education by examining the impact that family, school, community, and home have in the decision-making process. She explores specific factors that contribute to a student's predisposition toward higher education, including gender, economics, and high school curriculum, and seeks to bridge the gap in understanding why aspiration does not immediately translate into participation. Educators and policy makers interested in increasing African American students' participation in higher education will benefit from the exploration of this paradox.

Author : Stephanie Y. Evans,Colette M. Taylor,Michelle R. Dunlap,DeMond S. Miller
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781438428758

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African Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education by Stephanie Y. Evans,Colette M. Taylor,Michelle R. Dunlap,DeMond S. Miller Pdf

This book discusses race and its roles in university-community partnerships. The contributors take a collaborative, interdisciplinary, and multiregional approach that allows students, agency staff, community constituents, faculty, and campus administrators an opportunity to reflect on and redefine what impact African American identity—in the academy and in the community—has on various forms of community engagement. From historic concepts of "race uplift" to contemporary debates about racialized perceptions of need, they argue that African American identity plays a significant role. In representing best practices, recommendations, personal insight, and informed warnings about building sustainable and mutually beneficial relationships, the contributors provide a cogent platform from which to encourage the difficult and much-needed inclusion of race in dialogues of national service and community engagement.

Author : T. Elon Dancy II,M. Christopher Brown
Publisher : IAP
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781617359439

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African American Males and Education by T. Elon Dancy II,M. Christopher Brown Pdf

African American Males in Education: Researching the Convergence of Race and Identity addresses a number of research gaps. This book emerges at a time when new social dynamics of race and other identities are shaping, but also shaped by, education. Educational settings consistently perpetuate racial and other forms of privilege among students, personnel, and other participants in education. For instance, differential access to social networks still visibly cluster by race, continuing the work of systemic privilege by promoting outcome inequalities in education and society. The issues defining the relationship between African American males and education remain complex. Although there has been substantial discussion about the plight of African American male participants and personnel in education, only modest attempts have been made to center analysis of identity and identity intersections in the discourse. Additionally, more attention to African American male teachers and faculty is needed in light of their unique cultural experiences in educational settings and expectations to mentor and/or socialize other African Americans, particularly males.

Author : Craig LaMay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351515795

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Higher Education for African Americans Before the Civil Rights Era, 1900-1964 by Craig LaMay Pdf

This volume examines the evolution of higher education opportunities for African Americans in the early and mid-twentieth century. It contributes to understanding how African Americans overcame great odds to obtain advanced education in their own institutions, how they asserted themselves to gain control over those institutions, and how they persisted despite discrimination and intimidation in both northern and southern universities. Following an introduction by the editors are contributions by Richard M. Breaux, Louis Ray, Lauren Kientz Anderson, Timothy Reese Cain, Linda M. Perkins, and Michael Fultz. Contributors consider the expansion and elevation of African American higher education. Such progress was made against heavy odds—the "separate but equal" policies of the segregated South, less overt but pervasive racist attitudes in the North, and legal obstacles to obtaining equal rights.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1978-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118581771

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Black Higher Education in the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : James D. Anderson
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807898888

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The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935 by James D. Anderson Pdf

James Anderson critically reinterprets the history of southern black education from Reconstruction to the Great Depression. By placing black schooling within a political, cultural, and economic context, he offers fresh insights into black commitment to education, the peculiar significance of Tuskegee Institute, and the conflicting goals of various philanthropic groups, among other matters. Initially, ex-slaves attempted to create an educational system that would support and extend their emancipation, but their children were pushed into a system of industrial education that presupposed black political and economic subordination. This conception of education and social order--supported by northern industrial philanthropists, some black educators, and most southern school officials--conflicted with the aspirations of ex-slaves and their descendants, resulting at the turn of the century in a bitter national debate over the purposes of black education. Because blacks lacked economic and political power, white elites were able to control the structure and content of black elementary, secondary, normal, and college education during the first third of the twentieth century. Nonetheless, blacks persisted in their struggle to develop an educational system in accordance with their own needs and desires.

Author : Joe R. Feagin,Hernan Vera,Nikitah Imani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134718412

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The Agony of Education by Joe R. Feagin,Hernan Vera,Nikitah Imani Pdf

The Agony of Education is about the life experience of African American students attending a historically white university. Based on seventy-seven interviews conducted with black students and parents concerning their experiences with one state university, as well as published and unpublished studies of the black experience at state universities at large, this study captures the painful choices and agonizing dilemmas at the heart of the decisions African Americans must make about higher education.

Author : Lee Jones
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000980301

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Retaining African Americans in Higher Education by Lee Jones Pdf

Retention of African Americans on campus is a burning issue for the black community, and a moral and financial one for predominantly white institutions of higher education. This book offers fresh insights and new strategies developed by fifteen scholars concerned by the new climate in which affirmative action is being challenged and eliminated.This is the first book devoted specifically to retention of African Americans in higher education, and is unique in addressing the distinct but inter-related concerns of all three affected constituencies: students, faculty and administrators. Each is considered in a separate section.The student section shifts attention from, to paraphrase McNairy, "fixing the student" to focussing on higher education's need to examine and, where appropriate, revise policies, curriculum, support services and campus climate. Responding to the new agenda shaped by the opponents of affirmative action, but rejecting the defensive "x percent solutions" espoused by its proponents, this book puts forward new solutions that will provoke debate. Section II begins with a survey of the literature on African American administrators, and presents a Delphi study of twelve administrators to provide an understanding of pathways and barriers to success. The contributors then consider the importance of developing community support and creating alliances, the role of mentoring, and the setting of clear expectations between the individual and the institution.Starting with the recognition that African Americans represent less than five percent of full-time faculty, the chapters in the final section examine the effects of the dismantling of affirmative action, the consequences of faculty salaries trailing more lucrative non-academic employment, the declining enrollment of students of color, the politics of promotion and tenure, and issues of identity and culture. The book concludes by stressing the roles that parents, faculty and administrators must play to empower African American students to take responsibility for their own academic performance.This is a compelling, controversial and constructive contribution to an issue of national importance.

Author : Gasman,Valerie Lundy-Wagner,Tafaya Ransom,Nelson Bowman III
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470635100

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Unearthing Promise and Potential: Our Nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities by Gasman,Valerie Lundy-Wagner,Tafaya Ransom,Nelson Bowman III Pdf

Born out of extreme racism and shepherded through the centuries by enduring hope, the nation's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have educated countless African Americans. These institutions, which boast great diversity, are treasures that illuminate the talent and potential of African Americans. This volume provides an overview of the salient issues facing HBCUs as well as the many contributions that these historic institutions make to our country as a whole. Topics include Historic Origins of HBCUs Desegregation Students Presidental Leadership Faculty and Governance Issues Fundraising Federal and State Policy Curriculum Thoughts about the future With suggestions for additional reading, other references and an appendix of historically black colleges and universities by, this is a comprehensive and much-needed addition to the literature in the field on HBCUs. This is the fifth issue the 35th volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph in the series is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education problem, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.

Author : Kofi Lomotey
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1153 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412940504

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Encyclopedia of African American Education by Kofi Lomotey Pdf

The Encyclopedia of African American Education covers educational institutions at every level, from preschool through graduate and professional training, with special attention to historically black and predominantly black colleges and universities. Other entries cover individuals, organizations, associations, and publications that have had a significant impact on African American education. The Encyclopedia also presents information on public policy affecting the education of African Americans, including both court decisions and legislation. It includes a discussion of curriculum, concepts, theories, and alternative models of education, and addresses the topics of gender and sexual orientation, religion, and the media. The Encyclopedia also includes a Reader's Guide, provided to help readers find entries on related topics. It classifies entries in sixteen categories: " Alternative Educational Models " Associations and Organizations " Biographies " Collegiate Education " Curriculum " Economics " Gender " Graduate and Professional Education " Historically Black Colleges and Universities " Legal Cases " Pre-Collegiate Education " Psychology and Human Development " Public Policy " Publications " Religious Institutions " Segregation/Desegregation. Some entries appear in more than one category. This two-volume reference work will be an invaluable resource not only for educators and students but for all readers who seek an understanding of African American education both historically and in the 21st century.

Author : Henry T. Frierson,Willie PearsonJr.,James H. Wyche
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781848558984

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Black American Males in Higher Education by Henry T. Frierson,Willie PearsonJr.,James H. Wyche Pdf

Addresses the subject of the disproportional decline of Black American Males in higher education. This book provides critical historical overviews and analyses pertaining to Black American males in higher education and Black Americans of both genders.

Author : M. Gasman,Christopher L. Tudico
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230617261

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities by M. Gasman,Christopher L. Tudico Pdf

Historically Black colleges and universities play a vital role in the education of African Americans in the United States. For nearly 150 years, these institutions have trained the leadership of the Black community, graduating the nation s African American teachers, doctors, lawyers, and scientists. Despite the wealth of new research on Black colleges, there are topics that remain untouched and accomplishments that go unnoticed by the scholarly community. The chapters in this edited volume focus on topics that deserve further attention and that will push students, scholars, policymakers, and Black college administrators to reexamine their perspectives on and perceptions of Black colleges.

Author : Walter R. Allen,Edgar G. Epps,Nesha Z. Haniff
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1991-07-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791494547

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College in Black and White by Walter R. Allen,Edgar G. Epps,Nesha Z. Haniff Pdf

This book reports findings from the National Study of Black College Students, a comprehensive study of Black college students' characteristics, experiences, and achievements as related to student background, institutional context, and interpersonal relationships. Over 4,000 undergraduates and graduate/professional students on sixteen campuses (eight historically Black and eight predominantly White) participated in this mail survey. Using these and other data, this book systematically examines the current state of Black students in U.S. higher education. Until now, our understanding has been limited by inadequate data, misguided theories, and failure to properly interpret the Black American reality. This volume challenges our assumptions and contributes to the growing body of knowledge about Black student experiences and outcomes in higher education.

Author : William A. Smith,Philip G. Altbach,Kofi Lomotey
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780791489376

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The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education by William A. Smith,Philip G. Altbach,Kofi Lomotey Pdf

"Why is it that as we enter the twenty-first century, the nation's predominantly white colleges and universities continue to be settings where people of color feel unwelcome and marginalized? The contributors to this volume dissect a variety of structural and attitudinal factors that are prevalent in the higher education community, organizational constructs and value orientations which seem to hark more to the past than to the future. They comment on the political, social, and economic factors that have shaped academic culture, and buttressed its quietly efficient maintenance of racially discriminatory practices. "The American system of higher education is often regarded as the best in the world. Smith, Altbach, and Lomotey have edited a volume that implicitly asks how much better still it could be if it embraced people of color and provided them with a supportive and nurturing environment, one which encouraged them to reach their fullest creative and intellectual potential. Indeed, this will probably be the most significant challenge that the academy faces in the twenty-first century." — William B. Harvey, Vice President and Director, Office of Minorities in Higher Education American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.