In the face of inequality : how Black colleges adapt / Melissa E. Wooten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wooten, Melissa E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American universities and colleges.

African Americans--Education (Higher).

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2015.

Summary:

A quarter of black Americans earn college degrees from black colleges, yet questions about the necessity of black colleges abound. In the Face of Inequality dissects the ways in which race and racism combined to shape the experiences of America's black colleges in the mid-twentieth century. In a novel approach to this topic, Melissa E. Wooten combines historical data with a sociological approach. Drawing on extensive quantitative and qualitative historical data, Wooten argues that for much of America's history, educational and social policy was explicitly designed to limit black colleges' organizational development. As an alternative to questioning the modern day relevance of these schools, Wooten asks readers to consider how race and racism precludes black colleges from acquiring the resources and respect worthy of them.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Black Higher Education Field

Collective Action and Status Inequality

Advocacy and Racial Inequality

Adapting to a World without State- Sanctioned Racial Inequality

Building Legitimacy amid Inequality

The Story of Organizational Adaptation

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438456928

1438456921