How Black Colleges Empower Black Students: Lessons for Higher Education
To their disadvantage, few Americans—and few in higher education—know much about the successes of historically Black colleges and universities.\ How is it that historically Black colleges graduate so many low-income and academically poorly prepared students? How do they manage to do so well with students "as they are", even when adopting open admissions policies?\ In this volume, contributors from a wide spectrum of Black colleges offer insights and examples of the policies and practice—such...
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To their disadvantage, few Americans--and few in higher education--know much about the successes of historically Black colleges and universities. How is it that historically Black colleges graduate so many low-income and academically poorly prepared students? How do they manage to do so well with students "as they are", even when adopting open admissions policies?In this volume, contributors from a wide spectrum of Black colleges offer insights and examples of the policies and practice--such as retention strategies, co-curricular activities and approaches to mentoring--which underpin their disproportionate success with populations that too often fail in other institutions.This book also challenges the myth that these colleges are segregated institutions and that teachers of color are essential to minority student success. HBCUs employ large numbers of non-Black faculty who demonstrate the ability to facilitate the success of African American students.This book offers valuable lessons for faculty, faculty developers, student affairs personnel and administrators in the wider higher education community–lessons that are all the more urgent as they face a growing racially diverse student population.While, for HBCUs themselves, this book reaffirms the importance of their mission today, it also raises issues they must address to maintain the edge they have achieved.Contributors: Pamela G. Arrington; Delbert Baker; Susan Baker; Stanley F. Battle; T. J. Bryan; Terrolyn P. Carter; Ronnie L. Collins; Samuel DuBois Cook; Elaine Johnson Copeland; Marcela A. Copes; Quiester Craig; Lawrence A. Davis, Jr.; Frances C. Gordon; Frank W. Hale, Jr.; B. Denise Hawkins; Karen A. Holbrook; James E. Hunter; Frank L. Matthews; Henry Ponder; Anne S. Pruitt-Logan; Talbert O. Shaw; Orlando L. Taylor ; W. Eric Thomas; M. Rick Turner; Mervyn A. Warren; Charles V. Willie; James G. Wingate.
1Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the old South and the new South : change and continuity12Black colleges : still making an indelible impact with less353Success against the odds : the HBCU experience434Creating a pathway : the role of historically black institutions in enhancing access, retention, and graduation515A tradition of access and academic excellence636A contribution to higher education : mentoring methods and techniques developed by historically black colleges and universities777Character education : the raison d'etre of historically black colleges and universities898Factors that influence success for African American students1019The role of black colleges in promoting self-concept and student centeredness among students11110What makes African American students successful at historically black colleges and universities : the first-year program11911Future faculty for the nation's historically black colleges and universities : challenges and a model for intervention12912Pathways to success : recruitment and retention methods at Oakwood College14313Recreating the extended family for African American university students : a formula for success15714Personal reflections of faculty members at Virginia State University16315Pathways to student success at Fayetteville State University17716What makes African American students successful in other universities : inclusiveness rules of engagement19117Old wine in new bottles : visioning values in higher education20118Epilogue213
\ From the Publisher"How does the Black student experience at HBCUs differ from the experience at traditionally White institutions, and what can be learned? This work should convince any skeptic. Higher education students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and policy makers alike should find interest in and benefit from this book."\ "Simply admitting students into college is no guarantee that they will graduate. Without support, the promise of access rings hollow. In shedding light on the multiple ways in which historically Black colleges and universities have provided that support, this book serves as a guide to all educators of what we must do to provide meaningful opportunity to the students we admit."\ "Frank Hale has provided a set of penetrating and analytical essays from a distinguished set of scholars and administrators who understand how the HBCUs have educated successive generations of students who might not otherwise have had access to higher educations. This book should be read by individuals from all racial, religious, and economic groups. It offers a thorough presentation of the way that HBCUs have achieved impressive results with limited resources, and illustrates why these institutions are as important today as when they were founded."\ "These leaders of Black colleges and universities eloquently and passionately relate the history of their institutions and their overcoming many barriers. More especially, they share their continuing relevance today."\ "America has reputable and respected colleges - such as Notre Dame, Yeshiva, and Brigham Young - which enroll students from kindred backgrounds and educate them amid a shared culture. No one has ever suggested that these schools should abandon their missions and blend in the national mainstream. This book also shows how over a hundred historic institutions provide education and encouragement for a critical mass of young Americans. It is an illuminating and important book, deserving the widest possible audience."\ \ \
