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Fraser-Burgess, Sheron Andrea; Warren-Gordon, Kiesha; Humphrey, Jr., David L.; Lowery, Kendra – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2021
The article draws on critiques in political theory and morality to argue that womanism, a worldview rooted in Black women's lives and history, provides an alternative conceptual framework to prevailing Eurocentric thinking, for promoting socially just institutions of higher education. Presupposing a positioned, encultured, and embodied account of…
Descriptors: Criticism, Moral Values, Social Justice, Females
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Easley, Patricia – Thresholds in Education, 1996
Summarizes interviews with several African American women managers employed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Participants were asked about their leadership training, mentoring opportunities, the glass ceiling, and family responsibilities. These managers maintain their status while providing care for family members, continuing their…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Attainment, Federal Government, Higher Education
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Gant, Larry M. – Social Work, 1996
Analyzes data from 285 African American social workers and administrators to demonstrate effect of perceptions of agency cultural sophistication on reports of psychological and work-related stress. Discusses usefulness of cultural sophistication as an explanatory variable in understanding staff perceptions of occupational and psychological stress…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Development, Competency Based Education, Cross Cultural Training
Educational Testing Service, Washington, DC. – 1980
A project examined the effectiveness of the Youth Career Development (YCD) Demonstration in facilitating the school-to-work transition of high school seniors. The evaluation involved a 1755-student test group and a 1684-student control group from 30 sites funded by six delivery agents (National Urban League, National Council of Negro Women, SER…
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship