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Bryson, Brandy; Sheppard, Will – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2021
The brilliance of Black men and the strengths of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been understudied and invisibilized. This focus group study examines the skills, habits, characteristics, and relationships to learning and achievement of 26 high-achieving, first-year Black male students at five HBCUs in North Carolina. This…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, African American Students, Males, High Achievement
Brown, Gerald Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A qualitative study design was used to describe the perceptions and beliefs about higher education of seven first generation college Latino male students enrolled in higher education in the Southeastern part of the U.S. The purpose of this investigation was to explore the students' experiences regarding the various factors, which they perceive may…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, First Generation College Students, Males, Qualitative Research
Marts, Jennifer Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Service-learning has roots deep in higher education. Community colleges and service-learning have an organic relationship as they both strive to represent and support their local communities. This study implemented propensity score matching to study the impact of service-learning on student outcomes for community college students. Much of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Service Learning, Academic Achievement