Valuing the History, Missions and Traditions of HBCUs: Back to the Basics

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Author(s): Derrick M. Bryan (Morehouse College, USA)and Felicia Stewart (Morehouse College, 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.ch001

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

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) serve the educational needs of students of African descent while providing an atmosphere of nurture and guidance enriched in cultural norms. In considering how HBCUs can remain competitive, this chapter recommends that one of the first steps is to return to the basics, reviewing the historical significance, missions and traditions of HBCUs. In doing so, this work investigates the role HBCUs play in student identity and character development by looking at the history, mission and traditions of Morehouse College and Howard University. The authors, who both are alumni of these institutions, respectively, will examine relevant documents and statements from the schools as well as provide auto-ethnographic narratives explicating the impact those institutions had on their academic, social and professional successes.

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