Improving the Viability and Perception of HBCUs (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Okpala, Comfort O.; Young, Kimberly

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an examination of the development of HBCUs and their role in higher education. Chapters in the volume analyze the contemporary role of HBCUs through several lenses, including politics, education policy, leadership practice, culture, and social justice. Scholars, practitioners, and university leaders will find this book useful in navigating the political, academic, and financial landscape of these institutions. Contributors include practitioners and scholars in the field who share their scholarly findings as well as first-hand practical experiences, resulting in a comprehensive volume essential for scholars of and leaders in higher education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216323396
• Artikelnr.: 74396773

Autorenporträt

Edited by Comfort O. Okpala and Kimberly Young Walker - Contributions by Amber Falluca; Terrance M. McAdoo; Dalton B. Dockery; Maquisha Mullins; LaShanda Hague; Jesse Ford; Emetrude Lewis; William Pruitt; Comfort O. Okpala and Kimberly Young Walker

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 An Exemplary Leaders in Higher Education: A Focus on one
Historically Black University Comfort Okpala and Kimberly Walker Chapter 2
The Leadership behind the Leaders: Examining board members of HBCU's and
the potential influence that these members are having on HBCU's success and
failure. Terrence McAdoo Chapter 3 The Making of a HBCU President: A Case
for Transformational Leadership in Challenging Times Jesse Ford and Rosline
Sumpter Chapter 4 From Conceptualization to Action: Opportunities for HBCUs
in the Age of Accountability Kimberly Walker Chapter 5 The Purpose of
Public Relations: Placing HBCU Leaders In Control of the Narrative Maquisha
Mullins Chapter 6 Intercollegiate Athletics: Support for Campus Recognition
and Financial Exigency Amber Fallucca Chapter 7 On the Road to Success: How
HBCU's benefit from the Leadership of African American Women in Higher
Education LaShanda Y. Hague Chapter 8 Life Beyond Borders: The Importance
of Study Abroad Experiences of Students at Historically Black Colleges and
Universities William Pruitt Chapter 9 White Faculty at the HBCU: The
Minority Experience and Road to Inclusion Dalton Dockery Chapter 10 How
HBCUs Benefit from Acknowledging the Ethics and Faith Influences of the
Leadership Styles of Black Women in Higher Education Emetrude Lewis