Acknowledgements.- Introduction:
Education under Siege, Last of the Black Titans.- Last of the Black Titans:
Background on the Entry of Africans in the Americas.- Contemporary Issues
Facing HBCUs.-Historical and Social Context of Education for African
Americans.-Formation of Schools for African Americans.- National Initiatives
and HBCU Enrollment.-HBCU Matriculation and Life Outcomes of Graduates.- In
Their Voice: High School Students' Perceptions about HBCUs.- Part I:
Participants and Schools.- In Their Voice: What Is an HBCU?.- In Their Voice:
What Is a PWI?.-In Their Voice: Institutional Differences between HBCUs and
PWIs.- Where Are the Black Titans and What Can They Learn from Prospective
Students?.-HBCUs: Institutional Factors.-Racial Awareness.-Media Is
Important.-Returns on the Degree.- What Is Important to Prospective Students?.-
Recommendations.-Appendices.-Bibliography.- About the Authors.- Index.

This book investigates the historical and
contemporary role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In
doing so, it provides a background on the pre-colonial entry of Africans into
the Americas, as well as African educational traditions, and the struggles for
education during the period of enslavement in North America. It discusses the
social, historical and contemporary context that pertains to the development of
Black education and the formation of HBCUs as a framework for the case study on
African American college-bound students' perceptions about attending an HBCU.
Last of the Black Titans weaves in students' perspectives regarding HBCUs and
concludes with insights and recommendations regarding the future of these
institutions.

>size: 13.3333330154419px;">Greg Wiggan
is an Associate Professor of Urban Education, Adjunct Associate Professor of
Sociology, and Affiliate Faculty Member of Africana Studies at the University
of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research addresses urban education and
urban sociology in the context of school processes that promote high
achievement among African American students and other underserved minority student
populations. In doing so, his research also examines the broader connections
between the history of urbanization, globalization processes and the
internationalization of education in urban schools. His books include: Global
Issues in Education: Pedagogy, Policy, Practice, and the Minority Experience;
Education in a Strange Land: Globalization, Urbanization, and Urban Schools
-The Social and Educational Implications of the Geopolitical Economy;
Curriculum Violence: America's new Civil Rights Issue; Education for the New
Frontier: Race, Education and Triumph in Jim Crow America 1867-1945; Following
the Northern Star: Caribbean Identities and Education in North American
Schools; Unshackled: Education for Freedom, Student Achievement and Personal
Emancipation; and In Search of a Canon: European History and the Imperialist
State.

Lakia Scott is an Assistant Professor of
Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Baylor University.
Her research interests address urban education and student achievement.