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ERIC Number: EJ932382
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Aug
Pages: 35
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 79
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Perceptions of Black College Presidents: Sorting through Stereotypes and Reality to Gain a Complex Picture
Gasman, Marybeth
American Educational Research Journal, v48 n4 p836-870 Aug 2011
Using historical methods, this article examines the negative characterizations of Black college presidents and how they came to be. The author explores the way these stereotypes continue to be perpetuated in the current day. Conversely, the author investigates how the individual Black college presidents viewed themselves and their actions. (Contains 61 notes.)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Presidents, Administrator Attitudes, Stereotypes, Biographies, Self Concept
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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