Segregation Residual in Higher Education: A Tale of Two States

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 861-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
James T. Minor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Historically Black ◽  
Black Colleges ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Enrollment Trends ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
Public Colleges And Universities

Using Mississippi and North Carolina as cases, the author examines progress made toward the desegregation of enrollments in public colleges and universities. Enrollment trends are analyzed in the context of contemporary social, legal, and educational policy initiatives intended to desegregate dual systems of public higher education. Despite more than 50 years of desegregation litigation, findings show that enrollment by race across institutional sectors remains considerably segregated. White enrollment at historically Black colleges and universities remains minuscule. Black enrollment at predominantly White institutions has increased noticeably in Mississippi but less so in North Carolina. The discussion is dedicated to understanding what factors most significantly influence policy efforts and distinguishing the notion of integration from desegregation mandates.

Referee Judgments of Communication in the Field of Play: A Study on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Division II College Football

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Andrew Dix
Keyword(s):  
Predominantly White ◽  
Historically Black ◽  
College Football ◽  
Black Colleges ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Predominantly White Institutions ◽  
Historically Black Colleges ◽  
Communicative Behaviors ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
Black Colleges And Universities

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the in-game communication of football players from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) was excessively penalized in the field of play. Previous literature has found that referee bias is commonplace and uncovered evidence that referees socially judge the communicative behaviors of HBCU student athletes differently than the communicative behaviors of student athletes from predominantly White institutions. This led to social judgment theory emerging as the theoretical frame. Quantitative methods were utilized to analyze National Collegiate Athletic Association data for Division II college football. Findings revealed that referees disproportionately flagged football teams from HBCUs in comparison with predominantly White institutions. These results provide implications for theory. The uncovered results also support a well-developed line of communication research that has indicated that excessive penalties are levied against HBCU teams in multiple sports. A rhetorical call to action is made to facilitate officiating change in intercollegiate athletics.

Journalism Education in Black and White: A 50-Year Journey Toward Diversity

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 362-374
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Wilkinson ◽  
William R. Davie ◽  
Angeline J. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Historically Black ◽  
News Media ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Black Colleges ◽  
Journalism Education ◽  
Black And White ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
The Government

The struggle for equality in journalism education for African Americans raises questions about how the government, news media, and educators worked together to realize the principles of civil rights. Certain milestones over the past 50 years can be charted through the collective scholarship of this journal’s pages. A careful look back reveals how goals of diversity were achieved or frustrated through reports on pedagogy, enrollment, technology, and trends in scholarship. Looking through the prism of Journalism & Mass Communication Educator ( JMCE) offers a telling explanation of how journalism education moved away from segregation, and how the complicated relationship between predominantly White institutions (PWIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) played a role in this journey.

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