Abstract:[This book] provides information about how to effectively support, retain, and graduate Black male undergraduates. This edited collection centers on the notion that Black male collegians are not a hom...[This book] provides information about how to effectively support, retain, and graduate Black male undergraduates. This edited collection centers on the notion that Black male collegians are not a homogenous group; rather, they are representative of rarely acknowledged differences that exist among them. This book suggests that understanding these differences is critical to making true in-roads in serving Black men. Chapter contributors describe the diverse challenges Black men in [historically Black colleges and universities] HBCUs face and discuss how to support and retain high-achieving men, gay men, academically unprepared men, low-income men, men in [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] STEM, American immigrants, millennials, collegiate fathers, those affiliated with Greek organizations, and athletes. Recommendations for policy and practice to encourage retention and persistence to degree completion are grounded in extant theory and research. The chapters are: Setting the foundation for Black men in colleges: implications for HBCUs and beyond / Robert T. Palmer and J. Luke Wood; High achieving Black men at HBCU's / Marybeth Gasman and Dorsey Spencer Jr.; Coming out of the dark: Black gay men's experiences at historically Black colleges and universities / Terrell L. Strayhorn and Jameel A. Scott; 'Yes, I can!': strengths-based approaches for engaging and empowering academically underprepared Black men / Tiffany P. Fountaine and Joelle Carter; 'Reaching out to my brothers': a critical review of literature to improve the retention of low-income Black men at HBCUs / Jameel A. Scott; Establishing critical relationships: how Black males persist in Physics at HBCUs / Sharon Fries-Britt, Brian A. Burt and Khadish Franklin; Bicultural experiences of second generation Black American males / Lorenzo DuBois Baber; Standing in the intersection: Black, male, millennial college students / Fred A. Bonner II; Black fathers in college: multiple identities, persistence and contextual differences / T. Elon Dancy II and Gralon A. Johnson; Black men, fraternities, and historically Black colleges and universities / Dorian L. McCoy; 'Man-to-Man': an exploratory study of coaches' impact on black male student-athlete success at HBCUs / David Horton Jr.; Academically gifted Black male undergraduates in engineering: perceptions of factors contributing to their success in an historically Black college and university / Alonzo M. Flowers; Innovative initiatives and recommendations for practice and future research: enhancing the status of Black men at HBCUs and beyond / J. Luke Wood and Robert T. Palmer.Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-03-12
Language: en
Type: book
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