Tag: HBCU

Concurrent to a documented increase in the diversity of US public schools (Banks, 2004a; 2004b; Cushner, 2009; Goodwin, 2010), there is a measurable, disproportionate representation of Black teachers in the US public school teaching workforce (Albert Shanker Institute, 2015; Ingersoll, May, & Collins, 2019; Villegas & Irvine, 2010).  And, because we understand that diversity among

Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are unique to America. In fact, they are America’s first minority-serving institutions (MSIs). At 105 in total number, they far eclipse the scope and effectiveness of any similar subset of institutions globally. Operating in their earliest forms since the mid 1800s, and then formalized under the Higher Education Act