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Delineating Challenges and Opportunities for HBCUs: Why Continued Diversification Is a Competitive Strategy

Delineating Challenges and Opportunities for HBCUs: Why Continued Diversification Is a Competitive Strategy

Osundwa Fred Wanjera
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781522503118|ISBN10: 1522503110|EISBN13: 9781522503125
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0311-8.ch005
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Wanjera, Osundwa Fred. "Delineating Challenges and Opportunities for HBCUs: Why Continued Diversification Is a Competitive Strategy." Administrative Challenges and Organizational Leadership in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, edited by Charles B. W. Prince and Rochelle L. Ford, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 72-94. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0311-8.ch005

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Wanjera, O. F. (2016). Delineating Challenges and Opportunities for HBCUs: Why Continued Diversification Is a Competitive Strategy. In C. Prince & R. Ford (Eds.), Administrative Challenges and Organizational Leadership in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (pp. 72-94). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0311-8.ch005

Chicago

Wanjera, Osundwa Fred. "Delineating Challenges and Opportunities for HBCUs: Why Continued Diversification Is a Competitive Strategy." In Administrative Challenges and Organizational Leadership in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, edited by Charles B. W. Prince and Rochelle L. Ford, 72-94. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0311-8.ch005

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Abstract

There has been a recent push on a majority of American campuses to become more diverse in all aspects of their everyday life. For this reason, several institutions have to rethink how they approach the subject of diversity. Educational institutions, including historically Black institutions, must bridge socio-economic, racial and other differences if they are to thrive in a higher education environment that is continually becoming more competitive as demographics shift. This chapter illustrates how changing demographics, the benefits of continued diversification, and the value that is continuously being placed on diversity should influence positive change and shape the character and institutional climate of historically Black institutions. The chapter underscores the need for HBCUs to create cultural climates in which all students are recruited, appreciated and valued regardless of their racial or socio-economic backgrounds as a strategy to achieve competitiveness.

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