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Straight From The Source: Black College Presidents Tell Their Stories, Steven Purcell
Straight From The Source: Black College Presidents Tell Their Stories, Steven Purcell
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Students on college and university campuses across the United States are becoming more racially diverse. However, leadership on college campuses is not trending toward more diversity, particularly in higher administrative posts such as the presidency. To better understand this stagnate trend of college president diversity, this critical narrative study examined the lived experiences and insights of six current or former college presidents who identify as Black. The participants in this study are a unique cohort of individuals who have served as presidents/chancellors at institutions where Black students are not the majority ethnic/racial group on campus.
More specifically, this study sought …