V. Barbara Bush is an assistant professor of higher education at the University of North Texas. She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Claremont Graduate University and served as a senior student affairs officer and practitioner in California, Illinois and Wisconsin. Crystal Renee Chambers is an assistant professor at East Carolina University College of Education in the Department of Educational Leadership. She holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy from the University of Virginia. Mary Beth Walpole is an associate professor in the Educational Leadership Department at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. Her Masters degree is in Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University and her PhD is in Higher Education and Organizational Change from UCLA. Wynetta Y. Lee Kassie Freeman

• Foreword—Kassie Freeman Introduction—Crystal Renée Chambers, V. Barbara Bush and MaryBeth Walpole PART 1. THE PRE-COLLEGIATE AND TRANSITIONAL EXPERIENCE 1. College Predisposition and the Dilemma of Being Black and Female in High School—Adrienne Dixson and Crystal Renée Chambers 2. “Making a Dollar out of Fifteen Cents”. The Early Educational Investments of Young Black Women— Crystal Renée Chambers PART 2. THE UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE 3. An Asset or an Obstacle? The Power of Peers in African American Women’s College Transitions—Rachelle Winkle-Wagner 4. African American Female Students at Historically Black Colleges. Historical and Contemporary Consideration—Marybeth Gasman 5. African American Women at Highly Selective Colleges. How African American Campus Communities Shape Experiences—MaryBeth Walpole PART 3. THE GRADUATE EXPERIENCE 6. Professional Socialization, Politicized Raced And Gendered Experience, and Black Female Graduate Students. A Road Map for Structural Transformation—V. Thandi Sulé 7. Does Where They Start Matter? A Comparative Analysis of African American Women Doctoral Recipients Who Started in a Two-Year Versus a Four-Year Institution—Carolyn Buck 8. A Look Back and a Look Ahead. How to Navigate the Doctoral Degree Process—Benita J. Barnes Afterword—Wynetta Y. Lee Editors and Contributors Appendix

"Black women fare well in higher education, relative to Black men. This book argues, however, that the women face significant challenges at every step of the journey. The authors offer original research on some of the educational dilemmas, barriers and breakthroughs Black women experience."Diverse: Issues in Higher Education"The collection is particularly effective in illustrating the lived experiences that contribute to or undermine black women's success, and it illuminates where changes in higher education’s culture might be beneficial."On Campus with Women

V. Barbara Bush is an assistant professor of higher education at the University of North Texas. She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Claremont Graduate University and served as a senior student affairs officer and practitioner in California, Illinois and Wisconsin. Crystal Renee Chambers is an assistant professor at East Carolina University College of Education in the Department of Educational Leadership. She holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy from the University of Virginia. Mary Beth Walpole is an associate professor in the Educational Leadership Department at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. Her Masters degree is in Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University and her PhD is in Higher Education and Organizational Change from UCLA. Wynetta Y. Lee Kassie Freeman

• Foreword—Kassie Freeman Introduction—Crystal Renée Chambers, V. Barbara Bush and MaryBeth Walpole PART 1. THE PRE-COLLEGIATE AND TRANSITIONAL EXPERIENCE 1. College Predisposition and the Dilemma of Being Black and Female in High School—Adrienne Dixson and Crystal Renée Chambers 2. “Making a Dollar out of Fifteen Cents”. The Early Educational Investments of Young Black Women— Crystal Renée Chambers PART 2. THE UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE 3. An Asset or an Obstacle? The Power of Peers in African American Women’s College Transitions—Rachelle Winkle-Wagner 4. African American Female Students at Historically Black Colleges. Historical and Contemporary Consideration—Marybeth Gasman 5. African American Women at Highly Selective Colleges. How African American Campus Communities Shape Experiences—MaryBeth Walpole PART 3. THE GRADUATE EXPERIENCE 6. Professional Socialization, Politicized Raced And Gendered Experience, and Black Female Graduate Students. A Road Map for Structural Transformation—V. Thandi Sulé 7. Does Where They Start Matter? A Comparative Analysis of African American Women Doctoral Recipients Who Started in a Two-Year Versus a Four-Year Institution—Carolyn Buck 8. A Look Back and a Look Ahead. How to Navigate the Doctoral Degree Process—Benita J. Barnes Afterword—Wynetta Y. Lee Editors and Contributors Appendix

"Black women fare well in higher education, relative to Black men. This book argues, however, that the women face significant challenges at every step of the journey. The authors offer original research on some of the educational dilemmas, barriers and breakthroughs Black women experience."Diverse: Issues in Higher Education"The collection is particularly effective in illustrating the lived experiences that contribute to or undermine black women's success, and it illuminates where changes in higher education’s culture might be beneficial."On Campus with Women

V. Barbara Bush is an assistant professor of higher education at the University of North Texas. She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Claremont Graduate University and served as a senior student affairs officer and practitioner in California, Illinois and Wisconsin. Crystal Renee Chambers is an assistant professor at East Carolina University College of Education in the Department of Educational Leadership. She holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy from the University of Virginia. Mary Beth Walpole is an associate professor in the Educational Leadership Department at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. Her Masters degree is in Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University and her PhD is in Higher Education and Organizational Change from UCLA. Wynetta Y. Lee Kassie Freeman

• Foreword—Kassie Freeman Introduction—Crystal Renée Chambers, V. Barbara Bush and MaryBeth Walpole PART 1. THE PRE-COLLEGIATE AND TRANSITIONAL EXPERIENCE 1. College Predisposition and the Dilemma of Being Black and Female in High School—Adrienne Dixson and Crystal Renée Chambers 2. “Making a Dollar out of Fifteen Cents”. The Early Educational Investments of Young Black Women— Crystal Renée Chambers PART 2. THE UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE 3. An Asset or an Obstacle? The Power of Peers in African American Women’s College Transitions—Rachelle Winkle-Wagner 4. African American Female Students at Historically Black Colleges. Historical and Contemporary Consideration—Marybeth Gasman 5. African American Women at Highly Selective Colleges. How African American Campus Communities Shape Experiences—MaryBeth Walpole PART 3. THE GRADUATE EXPERIENCE 6. Professional Socialization, Politicized Raced And Gendered Experience, and Black Female Graduate Students. A Road Map for Structural Transformation—V. Thandi Sulé 7. Does Where They Start Matter? A Comparative Analysis of African American Women Doctoral Recipients Who Started in a Two-Year Versus a Four-Year Institution—Carolyn Buck 8. A Look Back and a Look Ahead. How to Navigate the Doctoral Degree Process—Benita J. Barnes Afterword—Wynetta Y. Lee Editors and Contributors Appendix

"Black women fare well in higher education, relative to Black men. This book argues, however, that the women face significant challenges at every step of the journey. The authors offer original research on some of the educational dilemmas, barriers and breakthroughs Black women experience."Diverse: Issues in Higher Education"The collection is particularly effective in illustrating the lived experiences that contribute to or undermine black women's success, and it illuminates where changes in higher education’s culture might be beneficial."On Campus with Women