The Sankofa Initiative examines the broad context in which community colleges educate the vast majority of undergraduate African American students, the achievement disparities between African American males, the realities that influence these disparities, and the interventions that promote the academic and social success. Based on our findings and reflecting the real world of the African American Male Experience in community colleges, we hope to make a number of specific recommendations regarding how community colleges may strengthen the positive features of their programs and services for African American males and delimit the more negative aspects.
The purpose of this study is to examine board of trustees’ practices and provide a current perspective on governance practices of community college trustees from a variety of perspectives that relate to various aspects of their roles and responsibilities. Trustees and the colleges they govern can use the data and information to compare themselves with other colleges.
This study will examine how community colleges administrators use financial resources and the linkage to the mission of the community college. The results of this study will provide community college leaders and external policy makers with insight regarding the sources and uses of funds and the connection to the overall mission of the institution.
The research journal was established to address the need for encourage community college leaders to write and contribute to the literature in our field. Students enrolled in the Community College Leadership Doctoral Program are presented with the opportunity to strengthen research skills while engaged in coursework. They are encouraged to publish research articles and opinion pieces as they pursue regular coursework. A research journal, tentatively titled Journal of Research and Practice in the Urban Community College Education, has been established to encourage students to publish and to add a unique voice to the community college literature.
Dissertations by Topic Area (2002-2006)
The dissertation topics of the 37 graduates of the Community College Leadersip Doctoral Program:
Community College Mission, Program, and Services
Allen, W. D. (2005). Bridge over troubled waters: An evaluation of a transition program for students with disabilities
Archer, L. (2002). A study of institutional response to community college students with serious deficiencies in reading skills
Daniels, K. (2003). Strangers at the door: Support services for students with disabilities in community colleges
Fitzpatrick, L. (2004). A study of perceptions of students with disabilities toward services received in a community college
Watson, K. L. (2005). Defining the fifth generation of American community colleges
Institutional Effectiveness
Glass, S. (2002). Women donors: An untapped resource for community colleges
Kerr, K. (2004). The application of accreditation standards in the assessment of student learning: A case study
International Education and Globalization
Beckford, G. M. (2003). Integration of international education in the programs and curriculum of community colleges
Kitson-Walters, R. (2006). Faculty attitudes about international students from the African Diaspora
Saunders, H. l. (2004). The relationship between selected characteristics of teachers seeking certification and perceptions toward global and multicultural issues in education
Leadership and Governance
Clark, I. (2005). An examination of community college trustees’ knowledge of and commitment to the learning college
Davis, R.A. (2005). Leadership by culture management: Are community college presidents managing the culture of their institutions or is the culture managing them?
Harris, T. (2006). Fit to lead: An examination of the stress inducers and physical activity practices of community college presidents in the mid-Atlantic region
Heiser, W. L. (2003). Personality attributes of emerging and established community college leaders
McKay, S. L. (2004). Chief executive officers of trustees’ perceptions of their levels of involvement in institutional governance activities
Morgan, K. (2004). The relationship between personal characteristics of urban community college trustees and their viewpoints of the mission of urban community colleges
Nix-McCray, N. (2006). Work-family conflict and family-work conflict among senior female administrators in the Mid-Atlantic community colleges
Stewart, K. (2006). The community college president: Leader or fundraiser?
Theordorson-Truiett, R. (2005). Career patterns of African-American athletic directors at predominantly white higher education institutions: A case study
Wilson, B. (2002). CEO perceptions of their abilities to influence their leadership teams
Learning College and Student Success
Baer, B. (2005). The learning college and students affairs in community colleges
Bivens-Brown, M. (2003). Exploring learning communities in an urban community college: A case study
DeLaine, L. A. (2006). A comparison of the academic success of transfer and non-transfer students at a four-year historically black institution
Ingles-Brown, Z. (2003). A comparative study of academic study of academic success, performance, persistence, and attitudes between traditional and early admit community college students
Taliaferro, G. (2006). Middle college high schools: A program model that fosters and promotes academic success for the at-risk learners
Thomas, A. (2003). Improving institutional effectiveness through listening to student voices: A brief descriptive case study on reforming learning community curriculum
Tripp, A. (2006). A comparative of the academic success of transfer of native students at a private and urban institution
Planning and Management
Issac, J. (2002). Strategic planning and results management at five New Jersey community colleges
Lane, D. C. (2002). An investigation of the relationship between organizational culture and strategic enrollment management at Maryland’s community colleges
Snowden, S. L. (2002). An Analysis of the impact of strategic planning on institutional transformation at twelve vanguard learning colleges
Teaching and Learning
Bright, M. L. (2002). Job satisfaction as an indicator for retention of new community college instructional faculty
Carter, C. (2004). Service learning: An examination of community college faculty attitudes, integration of services and institutional support
Clark, M. (2005). Hip-Hop goes to college: Faculty attitudes toward the hip-hop culture in community colleges
Costner, K .L. (2003). The struggle continues: Community college faculty attitudes toward teaching African American students
Durant, T. L. (2004). Culturally mediated instruction: Awareness, relevance and implications for mediated instruction
Tafari, N. (2004). From reluctant integrations to cultural inverts: A typology of how black racial essentialism affects African American developmental writers
Turner, M. (2004). The cultural context of teacher education partnerships and the role of community colleges
Williams, J. (2006). Community college faculty perceptions of distance learning
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