Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Triumphs, Troubles, and Taboos [Hardcover]

Historically Black colleges and universities play a vital role in the education of African Americans in the United States. For nearly 150 years, these institutions have trained the leadership of the Black community, graduating the nation s African American teachers, doctors, lawyers, and scientists. Despite the wealth of new research on Black colleges, there are topics that remain untouched and accomplishments that go unnoticed by the scholarly community. The chapters in this edited volume focus on topics that deserve further attention and that will push students, scholars, policymakers, and Black college administrators to reexamine their perspectives on and perceptions of Black colleges.Historically Black colleges and universities play a vital role in the education of African Americans in the United States. For nearly 150 years, these institutions have trained the leadership of the Black community, graduating the nation s African American teachers, doctors, lawyers, and scientists. Despite the wealth of new research on Black colleges, there are topics that remain untouched and accomplishments that go unnoticed by the scholarly community. The chapters in this edited volume focus on topics that deserve further attention and that will push students, scholars, policymakers, and Black college administrators to reexamine their perspectives on and perceptions of Black colleges.Introductory Essay - Marybeth Gasman and Christopher Tudico * For Alma Mater and The Fund: The United Negro College Fund's National Pre-Alumni Council and the Creation of the Next Generation of Donors - Noah D. Drezner * On Firm Foundations:? African American Black College Graduates and Their Doctoral Student Development in the Ivy League - Pamela Felder Thompson * Bennett and Spelman Colleges: Creating Black Female Ph.D.s in the Sciences - Shannon Gary * Social Justice, Visionary and Career Project: The Discourses of Black Women Leaders at Black Colleges - Gaetane Jean-Marie * McCarthyism and its Ilƒ*