Black Colleges: New Perspectives on Policy and Practice(Educational Policy in the 21st Century)

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 chapters respond to the paucity of research literature addressing these institutions. In each chapter, the authors acknowledge the specific characterisics of black colleges that make them unique. Understanding the fundamental characteristics that shape black colleges is critical to gaining a comprehensive understanding of higher education at large. The policy and praxis challenges exhibited at black colleges serve as exemplars to how all colleges perform their respective functions in society. Black colleges serve as testimonies to the transformative power of adversity, and beacons of possibility in and era of retrenchment and ambiguity. These roles call on black colleges to aid and assist in creating an opportunity for educational change.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments The State of Research on Black Colleges: An Introduction by M. Christopher Brown II and Kassie Freeman The Policy Context The Changing Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Vistas on Dual Missions, Desegregation, and Diversity by M. Christopher Brown II, Ronyelle D. Bertrand, and Saran Donahoo The Significance of Historically Black Colleges for High Achievers: Correlates of Standardized Test Scores in African American Students by Jacqueline Fleming Attracting the Best and Brightest: College Choice Influences at Black Colleges by Kassie Freeman and Nicole McConald Other Things Being Equal: Federal Aid and the Politics of Equal Opportunity for Historically Black Colleges and Universities by Paul Green Inter-institutional Policies: Initiatives for Advancing African American Success in Higher Education by Wynetta Lee HBCUs and the Digital Divide: Survival of the Fittest by Allison N. Clark Praxis Issues College in Black and White: White Faculty at Black Colleges by Lenoar Foster and Janet A. Guyden Orientation and Colleagues: Making a Difference in the Socialization of Black College Faculty by Barbara J. Johnson Toward Strategic Planning: Issues and Status of Black Colleges by Bruce Anthony Jones The Challenges and Needs of High Achieving Black College Students by Sharon Fries-Britt Black Colleges and Universities in America and South Africa: Common Histories and Future Destinies? by Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela dn Gail E. Thomas Appendices About the Contributors Index

About the Author :
M. CHRISTOPHER BROWN II is Kauffman/Missouri Endowed Professor of Education and Interdisciplinary Studies and Assistant Dean for Institutional Research at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. KASSIE FREEMAN is Dean at Dillard University.