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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. -- (06/23/2011) 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 (10/01/2010)

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.

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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

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