Comfort Okpala is professor and chair for the Department of Leadership Studies and Adult Education, College of Education at North Carolina A&T State University.Kimberly Y. Walker is academic program assessment manager at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.

Improving the Viability and Perception of HBCUs is timely considering the new political era America has entered. Drawing from a wide range of topics that are germane to HBCU's this volume blends theory with practice to re-envision these universities in the 21st century. Moreover, the readers of this book will be equipped with jewels of knowledge that will prove beneficial to the longevity of HBCU's.

• Chapter 1An Exemplary Leaders in Higher Education: A Focus on one Historically Black University Comfort Okpala and Kimberly WalkerChapter 2The Leadership behind the Leaders: Examining board members of HBCU’s and the potential influence that these members are having on HBCU’s success and failure.Terrence McAdooChapter 3The Making of a HBCU President: A Case for Transformational Leadership in Challenging TimesJesse Ford and Rosline SumpterChapter 4From Conceptualization to Action: Opportunities for HBCUs in the Age of AccountabilityKimberly WalkerChapter 5The Purpose of Public Relations: Placing HBCU Leaders In Control of the NarrativeMaquisha MullinsChapter 6Intercollegiate Athletics: Support for Campus Recognition and Financial ExigencyAmber FalluccaChapter 7On the Road to Success: How HBCU’s benefit from the Leadership of African American Women in Higher EducationLaShanda Y. HagueChapter 8Life Beyond Borders: The Importance of Study Abroad Experiences of Students at Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesWilliam PruittChapter 9 White Faculty at the HBCU: The Minority Experience and Road to InclusionDalton DockeryChapter 10How HBCUs Benefit from Acknowledging the Ethics and Faith Influences of the Leadership Styles of Black Women in Higher EducationEmetrude Lewis