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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Advancing Our Legacy: A Black Feminist Perspective on the Significance of Mentoring for African-American Women in Educational Leadership
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Grant, Cosette M. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2012
There is a sparse literature base which currently informs our knowledge about the connection between mentoring African-American female doctoral students in educational leadership programs at predominantly white institutions (PWIs) interested in faculty careers and their matriculation into the academy. This has left a void in our understanding of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Mentors, Females, Research Methodology
Narratives on Experiences of African-American Women in the Academy: Conceptualizing Effective Mentoring Relationships of Doctoral Student and Faculty
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Grant, Cosette M.; Simmons, Juanita Cleaver – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2008
This qualitative study explored the effectiveness of traditional mentoring functions for an African-American female doctoral student aspiring for the professoriate, and the professional advancement of an African-American female professor who matriculate in separate predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Findings from their experience narratives…
Descriptors: African American Students, Mentors, Females, Personal Narratives