How Do Educational Leadership Doctoral Program Cohort Models Increase Academic Opportunities Among Minoritized Students? (Poster 39)

• In Event: Thursday Poster Session 10:50 am
  In Poster Session: Talent Development of Students Placed at Risk Poster Session

Abstract

Increasing the pipeline for education leaders attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who support special needs students requires a multifaceted approach that addresses both the recruitment and retention of diverse candidates in the field of education. In 2019, there was one student who completed their doctoral degree at a Historical Black College/University in the Mid-Atlantic Region. This data poses the question; How does the cohort model increase the pipeline for educational leaders and support the completion rate of students in doctoral programs? An executive summary released by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) (2012) revelaed that if HBCUs were to enroll demographically identical populations of students, HBCUs would retain and graduate students at higher rates than their counterparts.

Authors

• Alonzo Bailey, Bowie State University

• Naima Hopkins-Vinson, Bowie State University

• Sharonda Scott, Bowie State University

• Desiree Early, Bowie State University

• Renee D. Jones, Bowie State University

• Sandi Williams, Bowie State University

• Otis Dupree, Bowie State University

• Elizabeth Grace Chesney, Bowie State University