Open AccessPandemics of COVID-19 and racism: how HBCUs are coping
Author(s) -
Komanduri S. Murty,
Tamara B. Payne
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aims public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2327-8994
DOI - 10.3934/publichealth.2021026
Subject(s) - historically black colleges and universities , pandemic , racism , coping (psychology) , covid-19 , political science , population , economic growth , public relations , sociology , psychology , higher education , medicine , demography , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , disease , pathology , psychiatry
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.