21st Century Black Student Success at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Racialized Models of Support for Success

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Through four studies including: oral histories of HBCU alumni activists, an examination of HBCU workforce development, the results of the implementation and assessment of transformational change at HBCUs, and comparisons of definitions of social mobility we discuss how racialized models of support work to develop and sustain a model for 21st century Black student success. The accompanying panel offers engages leading scholars on issues that influence and impact Black student success at HBCUs such as Black graduate student experiences, retention, gender identity and expression, and institutional effectiveness at HBCUs to name a few areas. This session will end with an open dialogue to discuss how support of HBCUs supports equitable education and Black student success from higher education through career.

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education / Division J - Section 2b: College Student Success

Chair

• Latoya Owens

Papers

• An Oral History of Social Justice Activism at Historically Black Colleges and Universities 20th–21st Centuries - Nadrea Njoku, Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute

• Social Mobility Is Social Capital - Miriam Hammond

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Alumni Workforce Outcomes  - Megan Covington; Natasha K. McClendon, United Negro College Fund

• Institutional Transformational Change at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Racialized Models of Support - Keeley Copridge, Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute; Natasha K. McClendon, United Negro College Fund

Discussants

• Steve D. Mobley, University of Alabama

• Travis C. Smith, Auburn University

• Kellie Dixon, North Carolina A&T State University