Pandemics of COVID-19 and racism: how HBCUs are coping

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are currently facing unique challenges to deal with parallel pandemics of COVID-19 and Racism, given the population they serve (mostly African American) are at high risk of these unprecedented crises. HBCU leaders are adopting various strategies t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Murty, Komanduri S, Payne, Tamara B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AIMS Press 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8116186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34017896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2021026
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Sumario:Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are currently facing unique challenges to deal with parallel pandemics of COVID-19 and Racism, given the population they serve (mostly African American) are at high risk of these unprecedented crises. HBCU leaders are adopting various strategies to respond to both the pandemics in order to protect their stakeholders. This paper addresses various models that HBCUs have adopted or planned to adopt to cope with these pandemics, gleaning the data from various secondary sources and selected first-hand interviews with HBCU administrators.

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