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Laing, Tony; Villavicencio, Adriana – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2016
Black and Latino young men may face a number of barriers on their pathway to college, including a belief that college is not for them, difficulty navigating the college search and application process, financial obstacles, and insufficient academic preparation. Expanded Success Initiative (ESI) schools are working to prepare students for college…
Descriptors: Barriers, College Preparation, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Palmer, Robert T., Ed.; Wood, J. Luke, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Black Men in College" provides vital 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 valuable text suggests…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Black Colleges, Academic Persistence, Homosexuality
Jones, Lee, Ed. – 2000
This book offers 26 papers by black male scholars that examine the experience of being a black man in the academy and demonstrate what black men have contributed to the scholarly enterprise. After a Foreword by the editor and an Introduction by Lee Jones, in Part 1, "Characteristics of the Academy," includes eight papers that cover…
Descriptors: Athletics, Black Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Culture