Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Status Report on HBCU Athletics: Participation, Finances, and Student Experiences

“…From the end of the Civil War through the period of governmentsponsored de jure racial segregation, HBCUs were often the only sources of postsecondary education for African Americans. Despite strong opposition from Southern conservatives who saw higher education for African Americans as a threat to White supremacy (Allen & Jewell, 2002), HBCUs during this time were able to help increase literacy and educational attainment among Blacks, preserve and perpetuate Black culture, and educate a generation of Black leaders who would be the pillars of the Civil Rights movement (Allen, Jewell, Griffin, & Wolf, 2007;Betsey, 2008;Gasman & Tudico, 2009;Lovett, 2011;Williams, Ashley, & Rhea, 2004).…”

Cross-cultural peer mentoring: One approach to enhancing White faculty adjustment at Black colleges

“…The vast majority of these institutions were developed prior to the Emancipation Proclamation Act of 1893.Today over 100 HBCUs exist in the United States (Roebuck & Murty, 1993; U.S. Department of Education, 2014), about three percent of all colleges and universities. These institutions have been instrumental in fortifying the educational opportunities and fostering the leadership core of the Black community in the United States (Betsey, 2008;Willie, Reddick, & Brown, 2006). The vast majority of African Americans who earn a terminal degree acquire their first degree from an HBCU (Betsey, 2008).…”

“…These institutions have been instrumental in fortifying the educational opportunities and fostering the leadership core of the Black community in the United States (Betsey, 2008;Willie, Reddick, & Brown, 2006). The vast majority of African Americans who earn a terminal degree acquire their first degree from an HBCU (Betsey, 2008). Hubbard (2006) points out that it is the HBCU that continues to produce the majority of African Americans within the faculty ranks, and without them the landscape of the university would have been drastically different.…”

Minority Entity Disability, Health, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Productivity Facilitators

“…This finding is attributed to the fact that the latter group is expected to produce scholarship at a much higher rate than the former group (Smart & Paulsen, 2012). Betsey (2008) indicated that publication records among HBCU-based researchers are significantly related to academic rank. An explanation for this finding is that seniorlevel faculty scholars have more workload autonomy (Bentley, 2012).…”

“…Teaching, service, and advisement loads are important environmental systems issues, (White et al, 2012) that influence productivity (Betsey, 2008;Bland et al, 2005;Smart & Paulsen, 2012). In some cases, faculty scholars' involvement in these functions preclude release time for them to participate in R&D (Epps & Guidry, 2009;Yanagihara, Chang, & Emst, 2009).…”