Historically Black Colleges and Universities Functioning as Learning Organizations: Perceptions Among Academic Administrators and Faculty

• In Event: 66.043 - Transformative and Successful Institutional Leadership and Climate

Abstract

Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) stand still when the world is changing around them? Few would argue that the U.S. economic crisis, historical inequalities, insufficient and inadequate resources, pressures for increasing degree attainment, greater competition for high performing students and faculty, and other 21st century challenges threaten the stability and the very existence of these institutions. For HBCUs, the profound irony requisites their ability to learn to adapt more rapidly to the unpredictability of our changing world, while navigating the complexities of social injustice, and to thrive more competitively in America’s tumultuous economy, so that scholarship, collaborative decision making, knowledge sharing, idea development, learning from mistakes, and holistic thinking are fostered as vital facets of the HBCU culture.

Authors

• Pamela Renee Finley, LeadershipHBCU

• Terence LaMar Finley, Prairie View A&M University

• Kimberley Buckner-Manley, LeadershipHBCU