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Book announcement: Black American Males in Higher Education: Diminishing Proportions

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Diversity in Higher Education, Volume 6
Black American Males in Higher Education: Diminishing Proportions

Edited by Henry T. Frierson, Willie Pearson Jr. and James H. Wyche

ISBN 9781848558984
ISSN 1479-3644
Pub date 01 October 2009
Pricing: EUR 105.95/GBP 69.95/USD 134.95

Synopsis

This is the first of two volumes that specifically addresses the subject of the disproportional decline of Black American Males in higher education.  For too long, acknowledgement of this issue has been avoided for fear that it would be clearly and too painfully felt.  It is apparent that this issue can no longer be ignored and the need to examine and widely address this situation is now so vivid.  This volume, and the next, forthrightly discuss and address the conditions that can be observed today.  Collectively, the contributing authors provide critical historical overviews and analyses pertaining to Black American males in higher education and Black Americans of both genders.  The contributing authors provide data from which conclusions can be drawn, discussion of the effectiveness of programs, conceptual pieces that address the issue of the presence or lack thereof of Black American males in higher education from a range of perspectives, and the role of the community colleges.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword: Shirley McBay—Quality Education for Minorities Network

Chapters

1. Invisible Men – Almost: The Proportional Diminution of African American Males in Higher Education.
Michael J. Cuyjet – University of Louisville

2. A Historical View of the Barriers Faced By Black American Males in Pursuit of Higher Education.
Raymond Gavins – Duke University Education

3. A Historical View of the Contributions of Black American Males in Higher Education.
Stephanie Y. Evans – University of Florida

4. The Demography of African American Males in Higher Education.
Richard R. Verdugo, Ronald D. Henderson, and Thomas H. Dial – National Education Association

5. Participation Rates of Black Males in Higher Education from 1968-2007. 
Marie-Claude E. Jipguep, Roderick J. Harrison, and Florence B. Bonner – Howard University

6. The Educational Status of African American Males in the 21st Century. 
Antoine M. Garibaldi -- Gannon University

7. Making so Big a Dream Near and Dear to All African American Males.
Launcelot I. Brown, Malick Koyate, and Rodney K. Hopson – Duquesne University

8. Where are the Brothers? Alternatives to Four-Year College for Black Males.
Rhonda V. Sharpe – Bennett College, and William A. Darity Jr. – Duke University

9. Overcoming Barriers:  Characteristics of Black Male Freshmen between 1971 and 2004.
Kimberly A. Griffin – Pennsylvania State University, Uma M. Jayakumar – UCLA, Malana M. Jones – UCLA, and Walter R. Allen – UCLA

10. Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?
Candice Baldwin—Mount Ida College, Jodi Fisler, and James M. Patton – The College of William & Mary

11. Beating the Odds:  Successful Strategies to Increase African American Male Participation in Science.
Freeman A. Hrabowksi III and Kenneth I. Maton – University of Maryland, Baltimore County

12. Persistence of African-American Male Community College Students in Engineering.
Terrence L. Freeman--St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, and Marcus Huggans-- National GEM Consortium

13. One Initiative at a Time: A Look at Emerging African American Male Programs in the California Community College System. 
Edward C. Bush – Riverside City College, Lawson Bush V – California State University, Los Angeles and Don “Ajene” Wilcoxson – Riverside City College

14. Power of Mentoring: Black American Males and the Community Colleges.
Derrick Brown, Sylvia Marion Carley and Kenneth Ray, Jr.– Hillsborough Community College

 

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