ABSTRACT

Highlighting the voices and experiences of Black graduate students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), this book features the perspectives of students from a variety of academic backgrounds and institutional settings. Contributors discuss their motivation to attend an HBCU for graduate studies, their experiences, and how these helped prepare them for their career. To be prepared to serve the increasing number of Black students with access to graduate programs at HBCUs, university administrators, faculty, and staff require a better understanding of these students’ needs and how to meet them. Addressing some of today’s most urgent issues and educational challenges, this book expands the literature on HBCUs and provides insight into the role their graduate schools play in building a diverse academic and professional community.

chapter 2|10 pages

A Strange Song in a Familiar Land

chapter 3|14 pages

Journey to the PhD

A Personal Narrative of Doctoral Studies at an HBCU

chapter 5|15 pages

Back to the Roots

chapter 6|9 pages

Praise for the Bridge

My Doctoral Journey at Morgan State University

chapter 8|12 pages

The Historically Black College and University Family

A Perspective on a Graduate-Level Online Accelerated Cohort Program

chapter 9|11 pages

Twice the Experiences

Graduate School at Two Comprehensive HBCUs

chapter 11|9 pages

A Liberating Spirituality

Evaluating Theological Education at a Black Graduate School

chapter 12|8 pages

Strange Fruit

The Contribution of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to the Development of the Black Intelligentsia