Griffin, K. A., & Harper, S. R. (2010). Opportunity beyond affirmative action: How low-income and working-class black male achievers access highly selective, high-cost colleges and universities. Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy, 17, 43-60. Published research on college access, particularly at highly selective and high-cost private postsecondary institutions, focuses… read more
Policy (PY)
Preventing Delinquency and Promoting Academic Success among School-Age African American Males
Toldson, I. A., Sutton, R. M., & Brown, R. L. F. (2012). Preventing Delinquency and Promoting Academic Success among School-Age African American Males.Journal of African American Males in Education, 3(1), 12-27. The goal of this study was to establish culturally relevant priorities for school-based delinquency prevention programs, by exploring delinquency related… read more
Urban Debate and High School Educational Outcomes for African American Males: The Case of the Chicago Debate League
Mezuk, B. (2009). Urban Debate and High School Educational Outcomes for African American Males: The Case of the Chicago Debate League. The Journal of Negro Education, 78(3), 290 – 304. This study examines whether participating in competitive policy debate influences high school completion, academic achievement, and college readiness for African American male… read more
Control, Punish, and Conquer: U.S. Public Schools’ Attempts to Control Black Males.
Fitzgerald, T. (2006). Control, Punish, and Conquer: U.S. Public Schools’ Attempts to Control Black Males. Challenge – A Journal of Research on African American Men, 12(1), 38-54. Policies and procedures that govern public education in the United States have produced a system of control and punishment that impedes the education of Black… read more