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Index; 1997
(Hardcover)
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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It is said that crisis is the true test of a leader. The leaders
who contributed to this volume and their peers at HBCUs nationwide
were tested in unprecedented ways by the events of 2020 and 2021.
The crisis caused by COVID-19 was unique in its wide-ranging
effects, its duration, and the need for a multi-pronged and
comprehensive response. This was a test to challenge even the
strongest leaders. Accustomed to challenges and to adversity, the
leaders of our nation's HBCUs stepped up, marshalled their forces,
and developed and implemented plans to mitigate and to combat the
impact of COVID-19 on their institutions and on African American
higher education. While each president who contributed to this
volume brought their own unique perspective, skills, and experience
to the crisis on their particular campus, they confronted common
challenges. Racial disparities in the United States affect every
aspect of life, and the pandemic magnified and exacerbated those
disparities. The racial disparities that we see in our health and
health care in this country are evident in the numbers of African
Americans, including college students, who contracted the virus and
who suffered significant health ramifications and even death. At
the same time, COVID-19 forced our nation online and the racial and
economic digital divide which some thought had been bridged turned
out to be wider than ever. As jobs were lost, particularly in
service industries and other key sectors, people of color,
especially Black and Brown people, took a disproportionate economic
hit. Not only did HBCU leaders have to develop and implement plans
to mitigate COVID's deadly threat to the health and safety of their
students, faculty, and staff, they also had to address the
challenges associated with trying to provide remote learning for
students who lacked computers and internet access at home;
transporting students back home who didn't have the resources to
pay for transportation; and in some cases finding housing for
students who could not return home or didn't have a home or
sufficient food, among other issues.
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Gale
(Hardcover)
Ill ). Knox College (Galesburg
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Discovery Miles 9 360
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Pine Needles [serial]; 1936
(Hardcover)
North Carolina College for Women, Woman's College of the University of, University of North Carolina at Green
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Discovery Miles 8 290
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Index; 1989
(Hardcover)
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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Discovery Miles 9 730
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How will America's colleges and universities adapt to remarkable
technological, economic, and demographic change? The United States
is in the midst of a profound transformation the likes of which
hasn't been seen since the Industrial Revolution, when America's
classical colleges adapted to meet the needs of an emerging
industrial economy. Today, as the world shifts to an increasingly
interconnected knowledge economy, the intersecting forces of
technological innovation, globalization, and demographic change
create vast new challenges, opportunities, and uncertainties. In
this great upheaval, the nation's most enduring social institutions
are at a crossroads. In The Great Upheaval, Arthur Levine and Scott
Van Pelt examine higher and postsecondary education to see how it
has changed to become what it is today-and how it might be refitted
for an uncertain future. Taking a unique historical, cross-industry
perspective, Levine and Van Pelt perform a 360-degree survey of
American higher education. Combining historical, trend, and
comparative analyses of other business sectors, they ask * how much
will colleges and universities change, what will change, and how
will these changes occur? * will institutions of higher learning be
able to adapt to the challenges they face, or will they be
disrupted by them? * will the industrial model of higher education
be repaired or replaced? * why is higher education more important
than ever? The book is neither an attempt to advocate for a
particular future direction nor a warning about that future.
Rather, it looks objectively at the contexts in which higher
education has operated-and will continue to operate. It also seeks
to identify likely developments that will aid those involved in
steering higher education forward, as well as the many millions of
Americans who have a stake in its future. Concluding with a
detailed agenda for action, The Great Upheaval is aimed at policy
makers, college administrators, faculty, trustees, and students, as
well as general readers and people who work for nonprofits facing
the same big changes.
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