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Understanding Honors Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): An Exploratory Study

Marybeth Gasman,Claire Fluker,Felecia Commodore,Darryl L. Peterkin-2014-01-01-The Journal of Negro Education
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Often when one reads about historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), one hears about their role in uplifting underprepared Afincan American students. This role is, in fact, accurate as the majority of HBCUs have large numbers of low-income, first-generation who have often been left behind by the primary and secondary school systems. Seventy-four percent of HBCU receive Pell Grants, indicating the level of poverty in the families from which they hail (Gasman, 2013). HBCUs meet these where they are and work diligently to get them to college-level proficiency and provide them with a globally competitive education. While much focus remains on this noble task, often neglected are the presence and experiences of the high-achieving who attend HBCUs. We know very little about these several reasons. First, the majority of research on African Americans and HBCUs operates with a deficit mentality (Fries-Britt, 2004; Harper, 2005). Second, there is very little research on HBCU honors p

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Often when one reads about historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), one hears about their role in uplifting underprepared Afincan American students. This role is, in fact, accurate as the majority of HBCUs have large numbers of low-income, first-generation who have often been left behind by the primary and secondary school systems. Seventy-four percent of HBCU receive Pell Grants, indicating the level of poverty in the families from which they hail (Gasman, 2013). HBCUs meet these where they are and work diligently to get them to college-level proficiency and provide them with a globally competitive education. While much focus remains on this noble task, often neglected are the presence and experiences of the high-achieving who attend HBCUs. We know very little about these several reasons. First, the majority of research on African Americans and HBCUs operates with a deficit mentality (Fries-Britt, 2004; Harper, 2005). Second, there is very little research on HBCU honors p

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Historically black colleges and universitiesExploratory researchHigher educationSociologyPedagogyMathematics educationPolitical sciencePsychology

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