Access and Equity for African American Students in Higher Education: A Critical Race Historical Analysis of Policy Efforts
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Policies that have affected enrollments and degree attainment rates for African American students throughout the lifespan of higher education are analyzed in this article. Historically noteworthy progressive steps toward access and equity are juxtaposed with recent indicators of regression. Critical Race Theory is employed as an analytical framework for understanding how white supremacy and racist ideologies have shaped and undermined various policy efforts.
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The Morrill Act of 1890 provided more funding so that students of colour previously denied access to PWIs could gain a college education, and many historically Black colleges and universities were established under it.
“Because several segregationist states at the time excluded people of colour from their colleges, the Morrill Act of 1890 was enacted to provide more funding so that students of colour who were previously denied access to PWIs could have the opportunity to gain a college education.Many historically Black colleges and universities were established under the Morrill Act of 1890.”
From Reframing the impostor phenomenon for Black college students (2024) · cites this paper as Harper et al. (2009)
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Solorzano, D. G. (1998) · International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education · doi:10.1080/095183998236926 · Cited by 1,132 · cited 4× · see citing works
“According to Solórzano (1998), “CRT recognizes that the experiential knowledge of women and men of color is legitimate, appropriate, and critical to understanding, analyzing, and teaching about racial subordination in the field of education” (p. 122).”
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Connaught, G. (2024) · Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice · doi:10.56433/pv5se246 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
“According to Harper et al. (2009), the Morrill Act of 1890 “led to the establishment of 17 Black state-supported institutions, which joined the list of existing private Black colleges and 54 institutions founded under the first Morrill Act” (p. 395).”
- Authors
- Harper, S. R., Patton, L. D., & Wooden, O. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Iowa State University (US)
- North Carolina Central University (US)
- Venue
- The Journal of Higher Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-07
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 389-414
- ISSN
- 0022-1546 (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4640
- OpenAlex
- W4233423612
- Cited by
- 542
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 49.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- cc-by-nd
- Locations
- The Journal of Higher Education (publishedVersion)
- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
- ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania) (submittedVersion)
- Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- VTechWorks (Virginia Tech) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
- Keywords
- African American students, higher education access, educational equity, critical race theory, white supremacy, racist ideology, degree attainment, student enrollment, higher education history
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