Reaching the mountaintop of the academy : personal narratives, advice, and strategies from Black distinguished and endowed professors /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Charlotte, NC :
Information Age Publishing, Inc.,
[2016]
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| Series: | Contemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievement.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : African Americans' Ongoing Thirst for Knowledge / Gail L. Thompson
- The Race is Not Given : My Scholarly Personal Narrative on the Journey to Endowed Chair / Fred A. Bonner II
- Overcoming the "You're Too Young for a Distinguished Professorship and Endowed Chair" : Phenomenon: Naysayers vs. Destiny! / Chance W. Lewis
- Knowledge, Wisdom, and Favor : Losing Some Battles, but Winning the War / Norvella P. Carter
- Success Through Chance, Opportunity, and Preparedness / Veronica Evans Lewis
- Reaching Distinction Through Striking a Balance / Marilyn E. Strutchens
- W.E.B. and Me : The Soul of a Black Academic / Gloria Ladson-Billings
- From Steel Cities to Ivory Towers / Floyd D. Beachum
- Faith, Hard Work, and Persistence : How a Child Who Grew Up on Welfare Became an Endowed Professor / Gail L. Thompson
- This Girl is on Fire ... and So is the Kitchen! : The Real Balance of WifeMommy/Scholar / Allyson L. Watson
- Pressing Toward Equity for Black Children : A Tenacious Journey / H. Richard Milner IV
- Epilogue : African American Distinguished and Endowed Professors Paving the Path for the Next Generation : An Epilogue / Chance W. Lewis and Fred A. Bonner II.