African Perspectives in American Higher Education: Invisible VoicesFestus E. Obiakor, Jacob U. Gordon Contents: Foreword; Preface; Through the Back Door: From Invisibility to Visibility; Close Encounters: A Pilgrimage of Penance and Expiation; Surviving the 'Killing Zones' of Higher Education; Connecting Teaching and Mentoring to Learning: My Contributions to the American Academy; Adventures in Turbulent Seas; A Complex Web of Acceptance and Misgiving: My Journey in American Higher Education; 'Seeing Colour': My Journey in American Higher Education; My Brother's Teacher: An African at the Vanguard of American Higher Education; Making a Difference: My Contributions to American Higher Education; And Don't Call me Arrogant; My Experiences as a Growing Scholar in US Higher Education; I am the Person I Know Best: Perspectives on American Higher Education; Index. |
Contents
Through the Back Door From Invisibility to Visibility | 1 |
Close Encounters a Pilgrimage of Penance and Expiation | 11 |
Surviving the Killing Zones of Higher Education | 23 |
Bees in My Bonnet | 35 |
Connecting Teaching and Mentoring to Learning My Contributions to the American Academy | 47 |
Adventures in Turbulent Seas | 55 |
A Complex Web of Acceptance and Misgiving My Journey in American Higher Education | 65 |
Seeing Color My Journey in American Higher Education | 75 |
My Brothers Teacher An African at the Vanguard of American Higher Education | 89 |
Making a Difference My Contributions to American Higher Education | 97 |
And Dont Call Me Arrogant | 105 |
My Experience As A Growing Scholar In US Higher Education | 117 |
I am the Person I Know Best Perspectives on American Higher Education | 127 |
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