Black Colleges: New Perspectives on Policy and Practice
Black colleges are central to the delivery of higher education. Notwithstanding, there is scant treatment of these key institutions in the research literature. There is a need for a comprehensive and cogent understanding of the primary characteristics of the policies and practices endemic to black colleges. This book provides the scholarly basis requisite to organize, give meaning to, and shape the analyses and applications of policy and practice within the black college. The collected...
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In this collection of studies of historically black colleges and universities, Brown (director, Frederick Patterson Research Institute of the United Negro College Fund) and Freeman (education, Dillard U.) seek to rectify the omission of those institutions from higher education research. The studies analyze the relevance of black colleges for black students and the effect of general education policies, with their embedded concepts of race and power, on policies at black schools. The earlier chapters document the practices and policies of black colleges and universities; the later sections make recommendations for the continued viability of those schools. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
AcknowledgmentsThe state of research on Black colleges : an introduction1The changing role of historically Black colleges and universities : vistas on dual missions, desegregation, and diversity32The significance of historically Black colleges for high achievers : correlates of standardized test scores in African American students293Attracting the best and brightest : college choice influences at Black colleges534Other things being equal : federal aid and the politics of equal opportunity for historically Black colleges and universities655Interinstitutional policies : initiatives for advancing African American success in higher education876HBCUs and the digital divide : survival of the fittest1037College in black and white : white faculty at Black colleges1198Orientation and colleagues : making a difference in the socialization of Black college faculty1359Toward strategic planning : issues and status of Black colleges14910The challenges and needs of high-achieving Black college students16111Black colleges and universities in America and South Africa : common histories and future destinies?177App. AHistorically Black colleges and universities199App. BPredominantly Black colleges and universities207App. CFurther reading on Black colleges213Index229About the editors and contributors237
