Author: United States. Department of Labor. Office of Equal Employment OpportunityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Degrees, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
Book Description
Directory of Minority College Graduates
Author: United States. Department of Labor. Office of Equal Employment OpportunityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Degrees, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
Book Description
Stand and Prosper
Author: Henry N. DrewryPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400843170
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Stand and Prosper is the first authoritative history in decades of black colleges and universities in America. It tells the story of educational institutions that offered, and continue to offer, African Americans a unique opportunity to transcend the legacy of slavery while also bearing its burden. Henry Drewry and Humphrey Doermann present an up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of their past, present, and possible future. Black colleges fully got off the ground only after the Civil War--more than two centuries after higher education formally began in British North America. Despite horrendous obstacles, they survived and even proliferated until well past the mid-twentieth century. As the authors show, however, the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education brought them to a crucial juncture. While validating the rights of blacks to pursue opportunities outside racial and class lines, it drew the future of these institutions into doubt. By the mid-1970s black colleges competed with other colleges for black students--a welcome expansion of choices for African-American youth but a huge recruitment challenge for black colleges. The book gradually narrows its focus from a general history to a look at the development of forty-five private black colleges in recent decades. It describes their varied responses to the changes of the last half-century and documents their influence in the development of the black middle class. The authors underscore the vital importance of government in supporting these institutions, from the Freedman's Bureau during Reconstruction to federal aid in our own time. Stand and Prosper offers a fascinating portrait of the distinctive place black colleges and universities have occupied in American history as crucibles of black culture, and of the formidable obstacles they must surmount if they are to continue fulfilling this important role.
Counselor's Connection
Author: The Future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Author: Carolyn O. Wilson MbajekwePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786484578
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were originally founded to provide the educational opportunities that other post-secondary schools had denied to black Americans. Today these schools face new challenges, and how they respond is shaped in large part by the men and women at the helm. Ten HBCU presidents speak out in this volume, addressing the fundamental issues confronting minority higher education. They discuss the historical role of black colleges; the current mission of HBCUs; and the effects of diversity programs, minority recruiting goals and globalization. Other topics include the impact of technology on college classrooms and the priorities and challenges in fundraising and development. Each chapter is devoted to the comments of one of the ten educators, and each includes a brief professional biography. An appendix includes profiles of historically black institutions.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Author: F. Erik BrooksPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313394164
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
This exhaustive analysis of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) throughout history discusses the institutions and the major events, individuals, and organizations that have contributed to their existence. The oldest HBCU, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, was founded in 1837 by Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys as the Institute for Colored Youth. By 1902, at least 85 such schools had been established and, in subsequent years, the total grew to 105. Today approximately 16 percent of America's black college students are enrolled in HBCUs. Historically Black Colleges and Universities: An Encyclopedia brings the stories of these schools together in a comprehensive volume that explores the origin and history of each Historically Black College and University in the United States. Major founders and contributors to HBCUs, including whites, free blacks, churches, and states, are discussed and distinguished alumni are profiled. Specific examples of the impact of HBCUs and their alumni on American culture and the social and political history of the United States are also examined. In addition to looking at the HBCUs themselves, the book analyzes historical events and legislation of the past 174 years that impacted the founding, funding, and growth of these history-making schools.
Colleges & Communities
Author: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Author: Alphonso W. Knight Sr.Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499044968
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Alphonso W. Knight Sr., is a retired architectural engineer, teacher, and college administrator. He served as superintendent of buildings and grounds at Fessenden Academy in Martin, Florida and at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. He taught in the public school system is St. Louis, Missouri and taught at Forest Park College in St. Louis, Missouri. Coupled with his teaching, he practiced architecture. He earned a B.S. degree in architectural engineering from Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia in 1947, a M.A. degree in Mathematics from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and did further study at St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. His work experience also includes alumni administration at both Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia and at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a consultant in alumni affairs to more than 25 institutions of higher education.
Under the Magnolia Tree
Author: Richard D. AshePublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496970470
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Under the Magnolia Tree is a compilation of prose, poetry and intriguing story telling written by Stillman College and other Historical Black College and University alumni. The book delves into the social, spiritual and fascinating experiences and memories they had while attending an HBCU school. The author, Dr. Richard D. Ashe has compiled a wide range of inspirational, humorous and confrontational encounters that readers will enjoy, cherish and appreciate.
Colleges & Communities, Partners in Urban Revitalization
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community and college
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Man on the Bus
Author: Jim MackinPublisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1480996610
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
The Man on the Bus By: Jim Mackin The Man on the Bus describes the journey of a white oceanographer into administrative positions at two historically black institutions of higher education. It tells the story of how a young man became motivated by his brother’s death and by a chance encounter with a stranger (the man on the bus) to serve the under-served. This book describes the lessons that the young man learned as he transitioned from being a scientist to an academic administrator and deals with racial issues from the perspective of a white man who lives and works in a black person’s world. The experiences of the man demonstrate that racial discrimination can and will occur any time there is one race that has power over another.