Enhancing the Role of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the National Eldercare Campaign

摘要

The objective of the project was to enhance the role of the historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in meeting the goals of the Eldercare agenda by developing a holistic strategy involving students, faculty, and administration. Secondary goals included: sensitizing the HBCU community to the problems and specific needs of the at-risk minority elderly; promoting and nurturing a spirit of campus-wide volunteerism on behalf of the aged; enhancing the involvement of elderly citizens in campus-based activities at HBCUs which would allow them the opportunity to serve as partners in a process that values their contributions in the overall enhancement of higher education; and establishing a mutually beneficial working relationship between the Administration on Aging (AoA) and the HBCU community.