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Black Paths to White Boards: Black Alumni Service on PWI Governing Boards 

Redd, Tanja (2023-08-03)  ETD File Embargoed
Governing boards of universities are tasked with upholding university principles and promoting university ideals, including those pertaining to diversity, equity, and inclusion. However, many university governing boards, ...

First Steps for First Gen: An exploration of the experiences of first generation college students during the formal processes of enrolling in higher education 

Moran, Allison (2024-04-22)
The Center for First Generation College Student Success (2020) defined first generation college students (FGCS) as, “an undergraduate student whose parents do not have a bachelor’s or higher degree.” FGCS have to navigate ...

Higher Education as a Gendered Organization: An Institutional Ethnography 

Laminack Cash, Wendy (2023-10-16)  ETD File Embargoed
Within higher education, women are employed more often within the ranks of staff or faculty rather than leadership positions, particularly senior leadership positions such as president, provost, or vice president. Only 22% ...

Still I Rise: Agency of Black Collegian Women 

Morawo, Stephanie (2023-05-02)
The research and discourse surrounding Black women in college has continued to expand in its scope in recent years. Scholars have written about Black college women in several ways describing the intersections of their ...

Toward a Theory of Black, Rural Praxis 

Slaughter, Kamia (2024-05-02)  ETD File Embargoed
This study explores how outreach-oriented practitioners (OOPs) across the interdisciplinary field of higher education support Black, rural students and communities in Alabama. It asks two questions: (1) How do practitioners’ ...