From diplomas to doctorates : the success of black women in higher education and its implications for equal educational opportunities for all / edited by V. Barbara Bush, Crystal Gafford Muhammad, and MaryBeth Walpole ; foreword by Kassie Freeman ; afterword by Wynetta Y. Lee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bush, V. Barbara, editor.

Gafford Muhammad, Crystal, editor.

Walpole, MaryBeth, 1960- editor.

Freeman, Kassie, writer of foreword.

Lee, Wynetta Y., writer of afterword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Education (Higher).

African American women.

Doctor of philosophy degree--United States.

Doctor of philosophy degree.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Stylus Pub.

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents original research to illuminate the educational experiences of Black women, from the time they earn their high school diplomas through graduate study, with a particular focus on their doctoral studies, by exploring the commonalities and the uniqueness of their individual paths and challenges. This book provides researchers and graduate students with rich information on how to successfully engage and succeed in the doctoral process, and demonstrates to women faculty and administrators how they can become better navigators, guides, and advocates for the African American wome

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: THE PRE-COLLEGIATE AND TRANSITIONAL EXPERIENCE; 1. COLLEGE PREDISPOSITION AND THE DILEMMA OF BEING BLACK AND FEMALE IN HIGH SCHOOL; 2. ''MAKING A DOLLAR OUT OF FIFTEEN CENTS'': The Early Educational Investments of Young Black Women; PART TWO: THE UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE; 3. AN ASSET OR AN OBSTACLE?: The Power of Peers in African American Women's College Transitions; 4. AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE STUDENTS AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES: Historical and Contemporary Considerations

5. AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AT HIGHLY SELECTIVE COLLEGES: How African American Campus Communities Shape ExperiencesPART THREE: THE GRADUATE EXPERIENCE; 6. PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION, POLITICIZED RACED AND GENDERED EXPERIENCE, AND BLACK FEMALE GRADUATE STUDENTS A Road Map for Structural Transformation; 7. DOES WHERE THEY START MATTER?: A Comparative Analysis of African American Women Doctoral Recipients Who Started in a Two-Year Versus a Four-Year Institution; 8. A LOOK BACK AND A LOOK AHEAD: How to Navigate the Doctoral Degree Process Successfully; AFTERWORD; EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A

BC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-344490-3

1-57922-529-2

9781003444909

1-000-97959-8

1-003-44490-3

1-4416-5193-4

OCLC:

635961208