Comparing Libraries of Public Historically Black Colleges and Universities with Their White Counterparts

Race and Retention in a Competitive Labor Market: The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in NCAA Basketball

Between 1994 and 2013, Black head coaches of Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball programs were more likely to be terminated than their White counterparts, adjusting for performance and characteristics of the coach. Controlling for employment at a historically Black college or university, which accounts for approximately a quarter of the Black coaches in our sample, ov...

Student Learning in the Principles of Economics Course At Predominantly Black and White Universities: Lessons from Two Schools

While much has recently been written about the overall effectiveness of economic education in the U.S. (see Becker, 1997, e.g.), very little systematic research has been done on the economic education of African Americans at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This paper takes a step toward improving the understanding of economic education at HBCUs by examining the learning ou...

HIV and STI Risk for Young Blacks in High Prevalence Areas: Implications for Health Equity in Communities Hosting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

BACKGROUND Every year, thousands of young black, high school graduates who are seeking higher education, attend one of the 105 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) located primarily in the south and east. The objective of the research was to examine the geographic proximity of HBCUs to areas of high HIV and STI disease burden among college age people to assess infectivity of pot...

Institutional Retention Strategies at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Their Effects on Cohort Default Rates : 1987 - 1995

Barriers of knowledge flow in libraries of Islamic Azad universities compared to libraries of State universities

Background and Purpose: Knowledge management is a process that helps organizations in identify, select, organize, publication and transfer unstructured information and skills. Today, this experience has failed in some organizations about knowledge management. Academic libraries are also subject to similar conditions as an organization. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify and com...