Diversifying Kinesiology: Untapped Potential of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Increasing the involvement of African Americans in the field of kinesiology has been an ever present issue. While many colleges and universities are making attempts to diversify their undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty, many are finding this a difficult task due to the lack of minority undergraduate kinesiology majors pursuing advanced degrees. There is a body of evidence that suggests that kinesiology programs should find ways to recruit African American students to undergraduate and graduate programs as a basis for diversifying the field. The three related problems discussed in this article are: (a) how to attract quality African American physical education teacher education students to the field of kinesiology; (b) how to identify African American students with the potential to thrive in graduate level coursework; and (c) how to recruit exceptional African American students to participate in professional organizations, such as the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). Ultimately, I provide suggestions for recruiting African Americans to the field of kinesiology and ideas for involving them professionally in NAKHE.     

Colorism Within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

Complexion privilege and color bias have long acted in concert with racism to foster intraracial forms of stratification among African Americans such as the tendency for educational levels and other measureable outcomes (e.g., income) to correspond with skin tone. In this article, we examine the salience of color prejudice at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), including its historical origins, manifestations, and damaging results. We begin with a brief history of Black colleges and then present a historical perspective on colorism in the United States. Based on our synthesis, we offer recommendations for how institutional stakeholders may counter and dismantle colorist issues that commonly arise in HBCU contexts. Last, recommendations for future research and practice are presented.     

Perceived Norms and Marijuana Use at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Relatively little is known about the extent of marijuana use and related risk‐taking behavior by college students on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Undergraduate students (N = 212) from an HBCU in the southern region of the United States completed anonymous questionnaires that assessed their marijuana‐related behaviors and perceptions. Logistic regression analysis revealed risk factor profiles that provide college counselors with greater insight into prevention and treatment on HBCU campuses.     

美国传统黑人院校远程教育面临的挑战及其启示

在美国,由于电脑的普及和网络技术的飞速进步,现代远程教育正显示出迅猛的发展势头。但对有特殊使命的美国历史上的黑人院校来说,它的发展面临资金、技术、规模、教师、学生、课程及其市场等方面的局限和文化差异带来的巨大挑战。为此,可以借鉴历史上黑人院校的经验教训,结合我国少数民族地区实际情况来解决民族院校发展远程教育面临的问题。     

Relational Mentoring of Doctoral Social Work Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

This article explores the distinctive mentoring experiences of social work doctoral students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With a philosophical emphasis on social justice, self-determination, racial identity and pride, and social integration, social work faculty at HBCUs mentor African American and other students in PhD programs for academic achievement and successful leadership in the professoriate. The mentoring experiences at HBCUs are underpinned by tenets from relational/cultural theory and the Black feminist theory of “other mothering.” Using Howard University as a case study, this article examines relational mentoring experiences of PhD students in preparation for the academy and for leadership in social work education and practice.     

From Margin to Center: Participating in Village Pedagogy at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) necessary in the twenty-first century so-called ??post-racial?? US American context? This question is raised loudly and frequently given the contemporary social climate and economic considerations. In this article, the author offers a response to and critique of this question and surveys histories, missions, and academic and social environments of the HBCUs. He contends that HBCUs offer alternate higher education experiences for Black educators and students who find themselves on the margins of the US American academic center. Demonstrating the parallels of HBCU settings to villages, the author illustrates how these HBCU village contexts contribute to pedagogy. Ultimately, he appeals to HBCU stakeholders to intentionally and consistently promote ??village?? environments to cultivate the academic and social sensibilities of its constituents.     

Unique Characteristics, Leadership Styles, and Management of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Historically Black colleges and universities play a significant role in our nation's higher education system. Currently, there are 105 historically Black colleges operating in the United States. Over the years there have been many challenges for these institutions. Given the importance of these institutions, the purpose of this article is to explore and understand the leadership styles and management of the institutions and provide insight into how they might adapt their leadership styles to ensure that they not only survive but prosper. This article also highlights strategies suggested by former presidents of historically Black Colleges to ensure educational opportunities for African-American students and others.     

Transfer Between Community Colleges and 4-Year Colleges: The All-American Game

ABSTRACT

In this article, the authors introduce a novel way, using the metaphor of a baseball game, to evaluate and measure community college student progress for those whose stated goal is to transfer to a 4-year institution and, ultimately, earn a bachelor's degree. The proposed framework of “the Transfer Game” is an outgrowth of the Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students (TRUCCS) project, which is a longitudinal study of 5,000 community college students from the 9-campuses of the Los Angeles Community College District. The goal of the project is to explain how the “all-American game” provides a method to measure, comprehend, and visualize student progression, and identify the factors that predict both success and barriers. The framework provides a scholarly comparison of the all-American game of baseball to the All-American invention of the community college.     

Differences in Graduation Rates Between Young Black and White College Students: Effect of Entry into Parenthood and Historically Black Universities

Black and White students who enrolled in college by age 20 were selected from a national probability sample, in order to estimate the prevalence of having children and the effect of having a child on probability of graduation with a bachelors degree. Black students reported significantly higher rates of having children than White students, but rates for Black students at historically Black universities were similar to those of Black students at predominantly White universities. After controlling for family background, achievement, and other student characteristics, having a child within 5 years of starting college generally reduced the probability of graduating with a bachelors degree for Black women and White women and men. The independent effect of attending a historically Black college was significantly positive for Black women but not statistically significant for Black men.     

Student Flow Between Community Colleges: Investigating Lateral Transfer

The traditional unidirectional (“linear”) postsecondary path from high school to a community college to a 4-year institution into the workforce represents accurately a decreasing proportion of the pathways actually taken by students through higher education. Instead, students increasingly exhibit patterns of enrollment that take them through multiple postsecondary institutions, both within levels of the higher education system (e.g., multiple community colleges, multiple 4-year institutions) and across levels (e.g., movement back and forth between community colleges and 4-year institutions). These “swirling” patterns of enrollment are widely recognized by scholars of higher education, but they remain poorly understood. In this study, I employ data that address 89,057 first-time students in the California community college system to answer a number of key questions concerning lateral transfer between community colleges, which, according to prior research, constitutes one sizeable component of student “swirl”. Building on the very limited work on this topic, I examine whether the reported high prevalence of lateral transfer holds true under a more stringent operational framework than that employed in prior work. I explore whether lateral transfer is primarily an artifact of students enrolling simultaneously in multiple community colleges, sometimes called “double-dipping”. I investigate the timing of lateral transfer from several different perspectives to determine how lateral transfer fits in students’ progress and development. Finally, I probe the relationship between students’ level of academic investment in their current community college and the risk of lateral transfer.     

制约历史上的黑人院校远程教育发展的主要因素及其启示

由于计算机和网络信息技术的高度发展，现代远程教育这一蓬勃发展的崭新教育模式被美国人认为是实现人人都能平等接受教育这一美国理想的最佳方式。但远程教育对有特殊使命的美国历史上的黑人院校来说，它的发展面临资金、技术、规模、教师、学生、课程及其市场和文化差异的严重制约和挑战。为此，借鉴历史上黑人院校的做法，并结合我国少数民族地区实际情况来解决民族院校发展远程教育面临的问题，这对于推进我国教育平等、缩小东西部差距及构建和谐稳定的社会有十分重要的意义。     

Phenomenological understanding of Black counselor education students at Predominately White Institutions,Historically Black Colleges and Universities,and Hispanic Serving Institutions

The experiences of Black counseling students at Predominantly White Institutions are well documented. Using a transcendental phenomenological environmental research design, we explored how 12 Black counselor education graduates experienced their respective institutions across three types of academic institutions—Predominantly White Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Hispanic Serving Institutions. Three salient themes emerged—(1) exposure, (2) real-life exposure, and (3) cultural oasis. The researchers also discussed implications for counselor education programs and future research.     

略论我国高等学校的战略目标

高等学校的战略目标。是学校在一个较长时期内全局性、方向性的发展奋斗目标，是对学校未来发展趋势的科学预见和创新性思考。是高校战略规划的核心，具有长期性、模糊性和简洁性的特点。高校战略目标的制定就是对其自身水平和特色定位的反映。     

美国社区学院与大学的转学衔接:问题、措施和启示

美国的社区学院与大学的转学衔接日益紧密。美国社区学院学生在转学后常会遇到有关融入新环境、财政补助、课程衔接和学分互认等方面的问题,社区学院和大学通过采取加强课程衔接沟通、建立伙伴关系、设立专门的转学中心、制定共同的转学目标、加强财政补助和指导、完善学分转换政策等措施,帮助社区学院转学生顺利完成转学衔接工作。美国社区学院和大学的转学衔接措施可为当下我国建设“专升本”教育提供启示:坚持“以生为本”的教育理念,加强专科院校和本科院校之间的联系,专科院校和本科院校应积极为“专升本”学生提供专项的支持服务,以及加强专科院校和本科院校之间的课程衔接。     

学习共同体视域下高校思想政治教育模式研究

学习共同体是在构建主义理念的指导下形成的新的教学隐喻,将学习共同体应用在高校的思想政治教育中具有着很多的优势,是传统教学模式所不能比拟的。学习共同体致力于营造一个轻松、愉悦、平等的教学环境,为教师和学生、学生与学生提供了一个互动式的交流平台,进而促使大学生形成正确的自我认识,自我见解,最终实现教学相长。将学习共同体应用在高校思想政治教育中是一种提高教学质量的重要方式,也是帮助大学生树立正确价值观的重要方式。基于此,首先分析学习共同体理论的基本特征,以及在高校思想政治教育中的重要作用,进而提出了几点行之有效的应用策略。