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African perspectives in American higher education : invisible voices / Festus E. Obiakor and Jacob U. Gordon, editors.
Van Pelt Library LB2376.3.A33 A47 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africans--Education (Higher)--United States.
- Africans.
- Education, Higher.
- Black people.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- Africans--United States--Social conditions.
- Black people--Education (Higher)--United States.
- Black people--Education (Higher).
- Black people--United States--Social conditions.
- Discrimination in higher education--United States.
- Discrimination in higher education.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 139 pages ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2003]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Through the Back Door: From Invisibility to Visibility / Festus E. Obiakor 1
- Chapter 2 Close Encounters: A Pilgrimage of Penance and Expiation / Teshome Abebe 11
- Chapter 3 Surviving the "Killing Zones" of Higher Education / Nomsa Gwalla-Ogisi 23
- Chapter 4 Bees in My Bonnet / Godfrey N. Uzoigwe 35
- Chapter 5 Connecting Teaching and Mentoring to Learning: My Contributions to the American Academy / Diola Bagayoko 47
- Chapter 6 Adventures in Turbulent Seas / Gathogo Mukuria 55
- Chapter 7 A Complex Web of Acceptance and Misgiving: My Journey in American Higher Education / Godwin Okebaram Uwah 65
- Chapter 8 Seeing "Color": My Journey in American Higher Education / Omiunota Nelly Ukpokodu 75
- Chapter 9 My Brother's Teacher: An African at the Vanguard of American Higher Education / Augustine Konneh 89
- Chapter 10 Making a Difference: My Contributions to American Higher Education / Damien D. Ejigiri 97
- Chapter 11 And Don't Call Me Arrogant / Mohammed M. Aman 105
- Chapter 12 My Experiences as a Growing Scholar in U.S. Higher Education / Zandile P. Nkabinde 117
- Chapter 13 I am the Person I Know Best: Perspectives on American Higher Education / Jacob U. Gordon 127.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1590336836
- OCLC:
- 52353491
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