Bridging the Gap between Economic Development and Cultural Empowerment

Freeman, Kassie; Cohen, Rodney T.

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“…They also serve the largest number of disadvantaged students in the nation (Nichols, 2004). Since their inception, these institutions have championed access, opportunity, and cultural empowerment for African Americans (Allen & Jewell, 2002;Brown & Davis, 2001;Freeman & Cohen, 2001;Willie, Reddick, & Brown, 2006). Although HBCUs are significantly underfunded relative to historically White colleges and universities, African American students have a similar probability of obtaining a baccalaureate degree at either institution (Kim & Conrad, 2006), have higher lifetime earnings (Mills & Mykerezi, in press), and are more likely than their counterparts at other institutions to pursue a postgraduate education and become professionals (Drewry & Doermann, 2001;Wenglinsky, 1996).…”

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The Institutional Vision of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Abelman

Dalessandro

2007

Journal of Black Studies

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Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been subjected to harsh criticism within the higher education community. A common theme is that the shared and archaic mission of these institutions compromises academic standards and keeps individual schools from effective leadership and competing for financial resources and quality students. A content analysis of the mission and vision statements from HBCUs was performed, and key linguistic components found to constitute a well-conceived, viable, and easily diffused institutional vision were isolated. The prevalence of these components in comparison to other types of academic institutions is discussed, and ways in which this information can be used to address the current challenges facing HBCUs are presented.

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The Institutional Vision of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Abelman

Dalessandro

2007

Journal of Black Studies

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“…Empowerment, a key to CHL (Sykes et al, 2013), was central to refugees’ CHL, often presented in the form of collective and cultural empowerment in this study. Cultural empowerment implies a process of identifying, exploring and taking pride in positive cultural values and beliefs (Freeman and Cohen, 2001; Iwelunmor et al, 2014). Although the CHWs did not include contents directly related to specific cultural practices, open discussion and the interactive nature of the intervention encouraged participants to identify and appreciate cultural and religious practices that would promote a healthy lifestyle.…”

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Qualitative exploration of critical health literacy among Afghan and Congolese refugees resettled in the USA

Swan

2018

Health Education Journal

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Objectives: Previous research that revealed a high prevalence of low health literacy among immigrants and refugees tended to over emphasise functional health literacy as a risk factor for low health status and poor disease management. Despite a significant knowledge gap, little has been investigated regarding critical health literacy (CHL) in refugee populations whose culture deeply interweaves individual and contextual capacity to promote health. Design: This study adopted a qualitative approach to explore CHL that is built through community health workshops (CHWs) with Afghan and Congolese refugee communities in US resettlement. Setting: As part of a community-based participatory research project, the study was conducted with Afghan and Congolese refugees resettled in the USA. Method: A series of open-ended questions for focus group interviews were embedded in each workshop session explore health literacy skills and capacity over time. This study adopted a hybrid thematic design whereby the conceptual framework of CHL was applied to emergent themes from the data. Results: Thematic analysis revealed four major CHL thematic domains, as experienced and demonstrated by Afghan and Congolese refugee participants: (1) critical appraisal, (2) self-efficacy and confidence, (3) empowerment, and (4) collective problem solving. Conclusion: Study findings underline the importance of health education validating existing cultural knowledge and practices in a group setting so as to facilitate the building and enhancement of social support systems and community action for health promotion.

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“…In 1994, then Secretary of Housing and Urban Development's Henry G. Cisneros, directed the Policy, Development, and Research division of HUD to explore providing support for work in neighborhood action programs by universities (Stegman 1995). Freeman and Cohen (2001) opined that there is a correlation between education obtained at HBCUs and cultural empowerment (Holland 2001). The foundation for this contention is that individuals who attend HBCUs socialize with other individuals who are from the same underrepresented population and who share some of the same views (Gomez et al 2008).…”

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The Impact of Town–Gown Relationships on the Sustainability of African American Communities: An Examination of the Role of HBCUs

Gallo

Davis

2008

J Afr Am St

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of faculty, staff, and residents regarding the town-gown relationship on the sustainability of the African American communities as it related to educational benefits, home ownership, employment and job training, earning potential, and graduation rates. A survey design was used to collect and analyze the data. The one-way of analysis of variance and the Scheffe' Multiple Comparison Test were used to analyze the data. The findings from this study indicated that in general, faculty, staff, and residents exhibited similar perceptions regarding the town-gown relationship on the sustainability of the community with respect to graduation rates, educational benefits, and employment and job training, and it appeared that the earning potentials of African American communities perceived that town-gown relationships had been more effective in increasing the earning potentials in the community than did the university staff members. Data suggested that faculty members perceived that the town-gown relationship had been more effective in enhancing home ownership in the community than staff members'.

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Bridging the Gap between Economic Development and Cultural Empowerment

Cited by 24 publications

References 8 publications

The Institutional Vision of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The Institutional Vision of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Qualitative exploration of critical health literacy among Afghan and Congolese refugees resettled in the USA

The Impact of Town–Gown Relationships on the Sustainability of African American Communities: An Examination of the Role of HBCUs

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