Educational Challenges at Minority Serving Institutions

Marybeth Gasman is the Judy and Howard Berkowitz Professor of Education and the Director of the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.Andrés Castro Samayoa is Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the Lynch School at Boston College. He also serves as the Assistant Director for Assessment at the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. William Casey Boland is Research Associate at the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions and a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.Paola "Lola" Esmieu is a doctoral student and the Associate Director for Programs at the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

• ContentsPrefaceChapter One – Preserving a Tribal Identity: A Different Kind of Diversity Jessica FryChapter Two – Presidential Leadership at MSIs: Challenges and StrategiesKatie Somers & Ken LeichterChapter Three – Unequal Footing: Examining Performance Based Funding and Historically Black CollegesAmanda Washington LockettChapter Four – The Problematic Challenges Faced by Dual Designation at California State UniversitiesJennifer Yang & Marietess MasulitChapter Five – K-12/MSI Partnership Programs as a Means to Improve College Readiness: A Texas Case StudyKendra Grinnage & Briana O’NealChapter Six – Will My Credits Transfer? A Critical Look at Articulation Agreements and Policy at California Minority Serving InstitutionsLauren Scicluna & Temitope LigaliChapter Seven – Up, Up, and Away: Increasing Participation in Study Abroad at HBCUs and HSIsTyler Hallmark and Patricia Tita FeraudChapter Eight – Opportunities to Enhance Pre-Health Advising at Minority Serving InstitutionsAndrew MillinChapter Nine – Supporting Undergraduate Black Women at HBCUs: Recommendations for Campus AdministratorsLakeyta Smith, Shariah Salahaladyn, Abigail ShepherdChapter Ten – Are You Serving All of Us? Afro-Latinos/as and Hispanic Serving InstitutionsPaola Esmieu & Mercedes TerrazasChapter Eleven – Logging on to New Models of Education: Online Education at Minority Serving InstitutionsJillian CenerChapter Twelve – Creating Pathways for Undocumented Students at Minority Serving InstitutionsAndrew MartinezChapter Thirteen – Remnants of Past Policies Continue to Create Challenges for TCUsGinger Stull-HunterContributor Bios