Minority-Serving Institutions: Lessons and Legacy

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The public imagination is often dominated by the challenges minority-serving institutions face related to funding and enrollment. Yet, many minority-serving institutions model forms of educational support and programming that continue to produce students who are successful in a variety of fields, particularly in the sciences. Drawing on the voices of leaders of successful institutions and programs, this session explores essential curricular, programmatic, and climate elements that lead to institutional success. In particular, the session considers the ways all institutions of higher education might learn from these models.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Jelani Favors, Clayton State University

Participants

• James D. Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Gina Ann Garcia, University of Pittsburgh

• Chad Hamill, Northern Arizona University

• Dawn B McLin, Jackson State University

• Beverly D. Tatum, Spelman College

• Henry Tisdale, Claflin University

• David Wilson, Morgan State University