The Agony of Education
Black Students at a White University
Joe R Feagin author Hernan Vera author Nikitah Imani author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:30th Apr '96
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The Agony of Education is about the life experience of African American students attending a historically white university. Based on seventy-seven interviews conducted with black students and parents concerning their experiences with one state university, as well as published and unpublished studies of the black experience at state universities at large, this study captures the painful choices and agonizing dilemmas at the heart of the decisions African Americans must make about higher education.
"The Agony of Education is one of the rare and urgently needed volumes that sets out to examine some of the very arduous and complex questions..." -- Critical Sociology
"This book deserves our praise as being a brilliant piece of sociological research." -- Social Forces
"Indeed the book provides what some may characterize as a stinging account of the experiences of black students at white colleges and universities. However, the authors do not focus solely on only the negative aspects of the collegiate experience for black students but also offer positive accounts of their experiences to provide balance and credibility for the findings." -- Qualitative Studiesin Education
ISBN: 9780415915120
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 380g
208 pages