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Civil Rights in Kentucky - Oral Histories: History of Higher Education Oral History Project - Black Administrators in Higher Education

History of Higher Education Oral History Project - Black Administrators in Higher Education

Description

In this project, interviewees discuss the dynamics of their careers as black administrators in the context of a university setting, the many responsibilities associated with their positions, the challenges of interfacing with a majority university power structure, and particularly, the challenges of promoting diversity and minority student, faculty, and staff recruitment and retention.  Both interviewees also identify changes that have occurred in US and Kentucky university diversity policy in the decades since the Civil Rights Movement.

Number of Interviews        2

Total Hours                   3

 

Keywords               

University Diversity Programming; Higher Education ; Black Administrators; Western Kentucky University; University of Kentucky; Morehead State University; Civil Rights; Minority Student Affairs

 

Tags

Education, Segregation, Integration