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The book examines HBCUs and their role in higher education through several lenses, including politics, education policy, leadership practice, culture, and social justice. It will guide HBCU leaders and administrators to improve their institutions holistically during the age of accountability.
List of contents
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
About the author
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
