Strengthening HBCU Colleges of Education for the Current Climate: Hearing Multiple Perspectives for Change

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Author(s): Kimberly Lenease King Jupiter (Tennessee State University, USA), Alethea Fletcher Hampton (Tennessee State University, USA), Thurman E. Webb (Tennessee State University, USA)and Darreon Greer (Tennessee State University, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 24
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.ch013

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

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Central to any institution of higher education is its ability to successfully recruit and graduate students. The low graduation rates at many HBCUs is perplexing given their historical legacy. To address this woe, these authors suggest that HBCUs now face the conundrum of making themselves relevant for this generation of collegiate students. Adopting a participatory action research design (Marshall & Rossman, 2006), the authors detail their experiences to suggest strategies that will strengthen the overall college. In this chapter, the authors discuss 1) improving faculty productivity; 2) creating an environment that supports faculty success; 3) leveraging national and state accreditation expectations to improve overall program quality; and, 4) moving from an advising to mentoring model. These topics are discussed from the theoretical perspective of a change model.

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