Graduate Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

A Student Perspective

Robert Palmer, Larry J. Walker, Ramon B. Goings, Charmaine Troy, Chaz T. Gipson, Felecia Commodore

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781317302254
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Higher Education

Highlighting the voices and experiences of Black graduate students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), this book features the perspectives of students from a variety of academic backgrounds and institutional settings. Contributors discuss their motivation to attend an HBCU for graduate studies, their experiences, and how these helped prepare them for their career. To be prepared to serve the increasing number of Black students with access to graduate programs at HBCUs, university administrators, faculty, and staff require a better understanding of these students' needs and how to meet them. Addressing some of today's most urgent issues and educational challenges, this book expands the literature on HBCUs and provides insight into the role their graduate schools play in building a diverse academic and professional community.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 Contextualizing Graduate Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• 2 A Strange Song in a Familiar Land
• 3 Journey to the PhD: A Personal Narrative of Doctoral Studies at an HBCU
• 4 Graduate-Level Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Three-Part Qualitative Exposition
• 5 Back to the Roots
• 6 Praise for the Bridge: My Doctoral Journey at Morgan State University
• 7 Free to Conduct Research of Race and Racism in My West Baltimore Community
• 8 The Historically Black College and University Family: A Perspective on a Graduate-Level Online Accelerated Cohort Program
• 9 Twice the Experiences: Graduate School at Two Comprehensive HBCUs
• 10 The Significant Value of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• 11 A Liberating Spirituality: Evaluating Theological Education at a Black Graduate School
• 12 Strange Fruit: The Contribution of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to the Development of the Black Intelligentsia
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Index