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

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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Veröffentlicht in:AIMS Public Health 2021-01, Vol.8 (2), p.333-351
Hauptverfasser: Murty, Komanduri S, Payne, Tamara B
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
african american
African American universities and colleges
African Americans
breonna taylor
covid-19
Epidemics
Floyd, George
george floyd
hbcus
Learning
Legislators
pandemics
Racism
social justice
Taylor, Breonna
vaccine
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2327-8994
2327-8994
DOI:10.3934/publichealth.2021026