The Impact Of A First Year Experience Program On The Retention Of Underrepresented Students At A Predominately White Institution

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The Impact of a First-year Experience Program on the Retention of Underrepresented Students at a Predominately White Institution

Author : Karen DeVose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book The Impact of a First-year Experience Program on the Retention of Underrepresented Students at a Predominately White Institution written by Karen DeVose and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of a first-year experience program on the retention of underrepresented minority students at an urban private predominately White institution. The study addressed the following research question: How do students articulate the value of their first-year experience program in helping them persist from freshman to sophomore year? The researcher conducted an interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) through three semi-structured interviews with four self-identified underrepresented minority undergraduate students to examine their perceptions of how the program influenced their retention from freshman to sophomore year. In the final analysis, each interviewee felt that the first-year experience program could contribute to their ability to be retained until their sophomore year. The study also concluded that peer mentoring has a positive effect on social integration, retention, and student satisfaction with the university for first-year unrepresented minority students. Therefore, this study recommends that the Student Success Program change its mentorship model from a cascade to a peer mentorship model to improve retention and social integration for underrepresented minority students in their first year.

Examining Student Retention and Engagement Strategies at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Author : Hinton, Samuel L.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522570225
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Examining Student Retention and Engagement Strategies at Historically Black Colleges and Universities written by Hinton, Samuel L. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As higher educational learning enters a new age, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are seeking innovative ways to establish strategies to compete with other academic institutions. As establishments that have played a pivotal role in transforming the landscape of higher education, HBCUs are facing rapid transformation and various obstacles leading to questions regarding to the cost, quality, and sustainability of these institutions. Examining Student Retention and Engagement Strategies at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the role of HBCUs in today’s higher education and the various research methods addressing student retention rates, success levels, and engagement. While highlighting topics such as enrollment management, student engagement, and online learning, this publication explores successful engagement strategies that promote educational quality and equality, as well as the methods of social integration and involvement for students. This book is ideally designed for researchers, academicians, scholars, educational administrators, policymakers, graduate students, and curriculum designers.

Too Important to Fail

Author : Craig A. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Too Important to Fail written by Craig A. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continued research on the first-year experience of African American male students entering institutions of higher learning is necessary and can provide a deeper look at institutional and individual factors that African American male students may encounter, and impact their academic success. Understanding the issues that affect African American male college students from achieving academic success in their first year of college is important. The role of the first year experience program in African American male college student persistence is discussed in this research study. This mixed-methods dissertation case study attempted to capture the lived experiences of and identify the issues that African American men face(d) during their participation in a first year experience program at a predominantly white institution. This study examined what impact participation in a First Year Experience program at a predominantly white institution had on African American male persistence. The quantitative data collected was used to support the qualitative findings. Three major findings include: a) nurturing self actualizing program design, b) nurturing campus environment, and c) nurturing support, both peer and faculty/staff, helped African American males to persist. The findings highlight both present and future challenges faced by African American males at predominantly white institutions and how participation in FYE program can curtail some of these barriers.

Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309159687
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-07-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving national goals, we must invest in research, encourage innovation, and grow a strong and talented science and technology workforce. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation explores the role of diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce and its value in keeping America innovative and competitive. According to the book, the U.S. labor market is projected to grow faster in science and engineering than in any other sector in the coming years, making minority participation in STEM education at all levels a national priority. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation analyzes the rate of change and the challenges the nation currently faces in developing a strong and diverse workforce. Although minorities are the fastest growing segment of the population, they are underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering. Historically, there has been a strong connection between increasing educational attainment in the United States and the growth in and global leadership of the economy. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation suggests that the federal government, industry, and post-secondary institutions work collaboratively with K-12 schools and school systems to increase minority access to and demand for post-secondary STEM education and technical training. The book also identifies best practices and offers a comprehensive road map for increasing involvement of underrepresented minorities and improving the quality of their education. It offers recommendations that focus on academic and social support, institutional roles, teacher preparation, affordability and program development.

College Student Affairs Journal

Author : Aaron Hughey
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623968054
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book College Student Affairs Journal written by Aaron Hughey and published by IAP. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

College Transition Programs for Students of Color

Author : Kevin Keith Martins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book College Transition Programs for Students of Color written by Kevin Keith Martins and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An increasing number of students of color are attending college (Kena et al., 2016). Yet, many of these students experience attrition at higher levels than their White counterparts (Shapiro et al., 2017). Carnevale, Smith, and Strohl (2013) estimate that 65% of the projected 55 million job openings will require postsecondary credentials. If educational attainment gaps continue to persist by race, the impact on students, families, and institutions may be significant (O’Keeffe, 2013; Rose, 2013). Retention efforts often focus on a student’s first-year, when attrition rates are highest (DeAngelo, 2014). Though many summer transition programs for students of color currently exist, there is minimal literature describing program structure or the relationship between participants and student success measures. Guided by four research questions, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to investigate the relationship of student participation in a five-day transition program for underrepresented students at a PWI with GPA and retention, and to profile the descriptive characteristics of common transition programs across PWIs. Phase I of this study investigated the relationship between participation in a five-day transition program with GPA scores, and first-to-second year persistence rates at a private, medium-sized, predominately White institution in the Northeast. Student archival data were analyzed for inferential statistics derived from first-time, full-time Black, Latinx, Asian American or Pacific Islander, Native American, or Multiracial student data (N=563), enrolled between 2014 and 2017 who participated in the program (n=163) and a matched sample who did not (n=400). Phase II profiled representative transition programs across universities of a similar Carnegie classification (N=156). Results indicated that program participants (n=163) showed higher GPA scores and persistence rates when compared with non-participants (n=400), yet neither were statistically significant. Non-first-generation status and female sex as a pair were significantly related to persistence rates. No differences were found among persistence rates by race/ethnicity. Transition programs (n=22) were found to have similarities across program structure with data-informed components. The results of this study may help inform PWI college administrators and faculty appropriately design the structure and components of transition programs designed to assist the transition of students of color.

Diverse Millennial Students in College

Author : Fred A. Bonner II
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000979237
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Diverse Millennial Students in College written by Fred A. Bonner II and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many institutions have developed policies to address the myriad needs of Millennial college students and their parents, inherent in many of these initiatives is the underlying assumption that this student population is a homogeneous group. This book is significant because it addresses and explores the characteristics and experiences of Millennials from an array of perspectives, taking into account not only racial and ethnic identity but also cultural background, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status differences—all factors contributing to how these students interface with academe.In providing a “voice” to “voiceless” populations of African American, Asian American, Bi/Multi-Racial, Latino, Native American, and LGBT millennial college students, this book engages with such questions as: Does the term “Millennial” apply to these under-represented students? What role does technology, pop culture, sexual orientation, and race politics play in the identity development for these populations? Do our current minority development theories apply to these groups? And, ultimately, are higher education institutions prepared to meet both the cultural and developmental needs of diverse minority groups of Millennial college students?” This book is addressed primarily to college and university administrators and faculty members who seek greater depth and understanding of the issues associated with diverse Millennial college student populations. This book informs readers about the ways in which this cohort differs from their majority counterparts to open a dialogue about how faculty members and administrators can meet their needs effectively both inside and outside the classroom. It will also be of value to student affairs personnel, students enrolled in graduate level courses in higher education and other social science courses that explore issues of college student development and diversity, particularly students planning to work with diverse Millennial college students in both clinical or practical work settings.Contributors: Rosie Maria Banda; Fred Bonner, II; Lonnie Booker, Jr.; Brian Brayboy; Mitchell Chang; Andrea Domingue; Tonya Driver; Alonzo M. Flowers; Gwen Dungy; Jami Grosser; Kandace Hinton; Mary Howard-Hamilton; Tom Jackson, Jr.; Aretha F. Marbley; Samuel Museus; Anna Ortiz; Tammie Preston-Cunningham; Nana Osei-Kofi; Kristen Renn; Petra Robinson; Genyne Royal; Victor Saenz; Rose Anna Santos; Mattyna Stephens; Terrell Strayhorn; Theresa Survillion; Nancy Jean Tubbs; Malia Villegas; Stephanie J. Waterman; Nick Zuniga.

African-American Students' Perceptions of the Impact of Retention Programs and Services at Predominantly White Institutions

Author : B. DaNine J. Fleming
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book African-American Students' Perceptions of the Impact of Retention Programs and Services at Predominantly White Institutions written by B. DaNine J. Fleming and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an expanding body of literature on the retention of students in higher education through programmatic efforts, but there is limited research on African-American students' perceptions of the impact of retention programs and services at predominantly White institutions. Programs and services are created by administrators, faculty and staff on college and university campuses for the purpose of increasing the retention of African-American students and a diverse student body, but many are based on the professionals' perceptions of students' needs. Rarely are programs and services created through dialogue from the student population that will be served or by what I call "listening to the voices" of the students. The premise of this qualitative study is to ascertain if African-American students find retention programs and services beneficial to their persistence on their respective campuses. This study explores the experiences of African-American junior and senior, traditional-aged, full-time, undergraduate students with a grade point average of 3.0 or below exclusively at four predominantly White institutions in Pennsylvania. The experiences of African-American students are different from other groups, including White males, white females and other minority groups. The use of focus groups permits dialogue that enables a researcher to be able to hear first-hand from African-American students giving voice to their personal feelings of the impact of retention programs and services at predominantly White institutions.

Success for All

Author : Melisa N. Choroszy
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 194890859X
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (489 download)

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Download or read book Success for All written by Melisa N. Choroszy and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the most important measure of success for many degree-seeking students is the timely attainment of a Bachelor’s degree, there remains a host of other indicators of student success that vary by student population and students’ personal goals. Many of these smaller successes lead to the ultimate goal of graduation and are significant triumphs throughout the journey through higher education. Success for All is a strategic guide for administrators and educators that offers methods for advising students through the myriad of challenges they face. Every bit of success contributes to the accomplishment of a larger goal, and this book highlights success at every level. It provides a specific roadmap to the research, services, and programs at the University of Nevada, Reno and Truckee Meadows Community College that support student success in undergraduate and graduate programs regardless of a student’s social, emotional, or prior academic experiences. Contributors discuss how to make students feel welcome in their social and educational environments and how to directly assist them with the timely completion of their degree. Administrators and educators demonstrate how these programs help make a positive contribution to the students and the institutions they serve while implementing practical solutions to increase graduation rates.

New Developments in Pathways Towards Diversity and Inclusion in STEM: A United States Perspective

Author : Alexander Gates
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832505813
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book New Developments in Pathways Towards Diversity and Inclusion in STEM: A United States Perspective written by Alexander Gates and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program of the US National Science Foundation has been a primary force for raising the success and graduation of minority students in STEM for 30 years. Increasing the number of underrepresented students earning baccalaureate degrees, and entering graduate school in STEM is the goal of LSAMP. This goal has been nearly achieved through the formation of alliances of degree granting institutions of higher learning, varying from community colleges to major research institutions. Currently there are 59 alliances including more than 400 institutions. LSAMP is responsible for more than 650,000 bachelor’s degrees earned by minority students in STEM. The papers for this Research Topic should focus on the use of LSAMP activities, programs and collaborations to develop pathways to success and graduation of STEM majors from minority groups that underrepresented in STEM. These pathways can include any segment from pre-college through graduate school. Areas of special interest include mentoring, research experiences, transitions between levels and novel approaches for retention. The studies should be research based and rigorous. They can be pure research studies, curriculum and design or literature reviews but they must be at a cutting edge level and be subject to detailed review and assessment.

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Author : Beatrice L. Bridglall
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739177346
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Teaching and Learning in Higher Education written by Beatrice L. Bridglall and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerns with how students are taught, and whether and how they learn, has become particularly salient in higher education. This is evident in growing awareness of increases in time-to-degree and declines in attainment rates for many students, including those who are underrepresented, in our nation’s community and public and private colleges and universities. It is also demonstrated vis-à-vis recent findings that more than a third of college students evinced no noticeable improvement in critical thinking, writing, and complex reasoning skills after four years as an undergraduate. These findings suggest that while a focus on access to and participation in the nation’s colleges and universities remain a prominent goal, it is no longer sufficient given persistent disparities in post secondary student learning. There are a few models however, from which we can distill a set of strategies for promoting not only high achievement, but also retention and completion rates. This book examines three such models in higher education — the Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; the Opportunity Programs at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York; and the Premedical Program at Xavier University in New Orleans – with a proven record of student achievement and completion.

Standing on the Outside Looking In

Author : Mary F. Howard-Hamilton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000977900
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Standing on the Outside Looking In written by Mary F. Howard-Hamilton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compared to the literature on the impact of post-secondary institutions on undergraduate institutions, the literature on the academic experiences of graduate students from underrepresented populations is comparatively meager.This book remedies this gap by gathering a rich collection of personal narratives and empirical research to provide a comprehensive account of the actual lived experiences of graduate students of color and their perception of the campus climate.This volume examines issues of access, retention, and transition; and explores the personal experiences of students of color in advanced-degree programs. The contributors cover issues such as financial aid; the culture, mission and racial climate at doctoral granting institutions; the transitional challenges STEM undergraduates face on entering graduate programs; mentoring; the distinct concerns and challenges that African, Asian and Latina/o students encounter in doctoral and professional programs; and the need to acknowledge and support their spirituality.Franklin Tuitt concludes the book by summarizing the issues raised, and making recommendations to faculty, administrators, and directors of graduate programs about what they can do to promote the well-being and success of graduate students of color.

College Students in the United States

Author : Kristen A. Renn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000980766
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book College Students in the United States written by Kristen A. Renn and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the authors bring together in one place essential information about college students in the US in the 21st century. Synthesizing existing research and theory, they present an introduction to studying student characteristics, college choice and enrollment patterns, institutional types and environments, student learning, persistence, and outcomes of college. Substantially revised and updated, this new edition addresses contemporary and anticipated student demographics and enrollment patterns, a wide variety of campus environments (such as residential, commuter, online, hybrid), and a range of outcomes including learning, development, and achievement. The book is organized around Alexander Astin’s Inputs-Environment-Outputs (I-E-O) framework. Student demographics, college preparation, and enrollment patterns are the "inputs." Transition to college and campus environments are the substance of the "environment." The "outputs" are student development, learning, and retention/persistence/completion. The authors build on this foundation by providing relevant contemporary information and analysis of students, environments, and outcomes. They also provide strategies for readers to project forward in anticipation of higher education trends in a world where understanding "college students in the United States" is an ongoing project. By consolidating foundational and new research and theory on college students, their experiences, and college outcomes in the US, the book provides knowledge to inform policies, programs, curriculum and practice. As a starting point for those who seek a foundational understanding of the diversity of students and institutions in the US, the book includes discussion points, learning activities, and further resources for exploring the topics in each chapter.

The Adjustment of First Year African American Women to Predominately White Institutions: Implications for Best Practices

Author : Maisha Beasley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book The Adjustment of First Year African American Women to Predominately White Institutions: Implications for Best Practices written by Maisha Beasley and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, both scholarly literature and educational practice are lacking depth and scope about the lived experience of African American (AA) female students, and, as a result, they lack effectiveness for this population of students. In particular, they do not address the varying ways AA female students adjust to the university during their first year, the most critical year for student retention and persistence in the college experience (Pike & Kuh, 2005), nor do they recognize how intersectionalities of identities in AA women are salient to successes and challenges at PWIs. This study addresses this gap in the research by not only highlighting the challenges AA women face, but also by capturing their stories of leveraging resources and social interactions, academic attainment, and familial relationships as they navigate the normative terrains of predominantly White institutions. Using the theoretical frameworks of Black Feminist Thought and Community Cultural Wealth, the study was situated in the foundation laid by Christa Porter (2013) in her model on the development of Black undergraduate women. Utilizing narrative inquiry, it captured the experiences of 10 participants from a large, public university in the Western region of the United States through a reflection essay prompt, semi-structured interviews using a set of individualized questions directly related to participants’ reflection essays, and focus groups. All of the women who participated cited that some family member, whether parental or extended, assisted them during their journey to college and through the first year. In addition, the majority of the study’s participants (7 out of 10) were not eligible to seek out the support originally mandated for oppressed communities, since these programs and services require that students be first generation and low income. The assumption made by predominantly White institutions that AA students who come from more affluent homes with college graduate parents do not need the same types of support as their first-generation, low-income peers is false and indicative of a deficit-thinking framework. This study provided valid examples of both first-generation and non-first generation students who needed the same resources as they progressed through their first year in college.

Closing the Opportunity Gap

Author : Vijay Pendakur
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000980758
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Closing the Opportunity Gap written by Vijay Pendakur and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a novel and proven approach to the retention and success of underrepresented students. It advocates a strategic approach through which an institution sets clear goals and metrics and integrates the identity support work of cultural / diversity centers with skill building through cohort activities, enabling students to successfully navigate college, graduate on time and transition to the world of work. Underlying the process is an intersectional and identity-conscious, rather than identity-centered, framework that addresses the complexity of students’ assets and needs as they encounter the unfamiliar terrain of college.In the current landscape of higher education, colleges and universities normally divide their efforts between departments and programs that explicitly work on developing students’ identities and separate departments or programs that work on retaining and graduating higher-risk students. This book contends that the gap between cultural/diversity centers and institutional retention efforts is both a missed opportunity and one that perpetuates the opportunity gap between students of color and low-income students and their peers.Identity-consciousness, the central framework of this book, differs from an identity-centric approach where the identity itself is the focus of the intervention. For example, a Latino men’s program can be developed as an identity-centered initiative if the outcomes of the program are all tied to a deeper or more complex understanding of one’s Latino-ness and/or masculinity. Alternately, this same program can be an identity-conscious student success program if it is designed from the ground up with the students’ racial and gender identities in mind, but the intended outcomes are tied to student success, such as term-to-term credit completion, yearly persistence, engagement in high-impact practices, or timely graduation.Following the introductory chapter focused on framing how we understand risk and success in the academy, the remaining chapters present programmatic interventions that have been tested and found effective for students of color, working class college students, and first-generation students. Each chapter opens with a student story to frame the problem, outlines the key research that informs the program, and offers sufficient descriptive information for staff or faculty considering implementing a similar identity-conscious intervention on their campus. The chapters conclude with a discussion of assessment, and suggested “Action Items” as starting points.

Journal of the First-year Experience & Students in Transition

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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The Impact of a Race-based Intervention Program on One African American Male at a Predominately White Institution

Author : Kenneth J. Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book The Impact of a Race-based Intervention Program on One African American Male at a Predominately White Institution written by Kenneth J. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American male college students face many challenges that directly impact the opportunity to persist, be retained, and graduate. These challenges require institutions to provide support through their culture, initiatives and interventions. It is critical to understand that students' perspectives on their experience serve as their reality. This means that primary experiences and research are essential towards meeting this challenge. Higher education practitioners need to understand the needs of incoming African American males in order to intervene proactively on the issues they may experience. This autoethnographic study focuses on examining the story told by myself, as a first-generation, African American male, about my journey and experience at a predominately white institution (PWI), and my challenges and successes toward attaining my degree. I examine my college perspective and experience and how the involvement in a race-based intervention program guided my persistence and graduation. I will utilize previous Facebook posts as a form of diary for documentation purposes. I attended the University of Toledo, a predominantly white, metropolitan university in Toledo, Ohio, that serves more than 20,000 students from a variety of diverse backgrounds and geographical locations. My experience was shaped by the Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB), which was nationally established in 1990 at Georgia Southwestern State University and 2005 at the University of Toledo. Three themes emerged through an analysis of the data: academics, student involvement, and personal perception (sense of belonging). A sub theme of the impact of finances (lack of finances, literacy, and understanding of aid systems) emerged in this study. The study includes implications for pedagogy for higher education professionals, African American male students, and institutions, as well as areas for future research.