Author : Kenneth J. Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (123 download)
Book Synopsis The Impact of a Race-based Intervention Program on One African American Male at a Predominately White Institution by : Kenneth J. Brown
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.