Delineating Challenges and Opportunities for HBCUs: Why Continued Diversification Is a Competitive Strategy

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Author(s): Osundwa Fred Wanjera (University of Connecticut, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 23
Source title: Administrative Challenges and Organizational Leadership in Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Charles B. W. Prince (Howard University, USA)and Rochelle L. Ford (Syracuse University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0311-8.ch005

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Education / Educational Administration and Leadership / Higher Education

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There has been a recent push on a majority of American campuses to become more diverse in all aspects of their everyday life. For this reason, several institutions have to rethink how they approach the subject of diversity. Educational institutions, including historically Black institutions, must bridge socio-economic, racial and other differences if they are to thrive in a higher education environment that is continually becoming more competitive as demographics shift. This chapter illustrates how changing demographics, the benefits of continued diversification, and the value that is continuously being placed on diversity should influence positive change and shape the character and institutional climate of historically Black institutions. The chapter underscores the need for HBCUs to create cultural climates in which all students are recruited, appreciated and valued regardless of their racial or socio-economic backgrounds as a strategy to achieve competitiveness.

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