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Livingston, Ivor L.; Saafir, Brittani D.; Manuel, Ron Carmichael – College Student Journal, 2012
Traditionally, vast health disparities exist in African American populations. Evidence suggests that historically Black college students exhibit high levels of health knowledge; however, it also suggests that this knowledge does not translate into practice. The intent of this research was to explore the general and chronic health knowledge of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Black Colleges, Correlation, College Students
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Longmire-Avital, Buffie; Miller-Dyce, Cherrel – College Student Journal, 2013
Research that has examined the complexities of within-group difference as they related to socioeconomic diversity has been necessary to fully understand the myriad of factors that affected college experience, persistence, and graduation rates of Black students not just at predominately White institutions (PWI's), but also at the Historically Black…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, First Generation College Students, Comparative Analysis, Social Status
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Riggins, Reginald K.; McNeal, CoSandra; Herndon, Michael K. – College Student Journal, 2008
Previous research has examined the notion that African-Americans tend to have a strong religious orientation. However, studies have ignored the relationship between spirituality and academic performance among African-Americans. In this qualitative study, spirituality among 13 African-American college male students enrolled at a predominately Black…
Descriptors: African American Students, Social Environment, Religious Factors, Males