Flowers, L. A., Moore III, J. L., & Flowers, L. O. (2008). African American students’ satisfaction with distance education courses. Student Affairs On-Line,9(3). National data showed that the more distance education courses African American students took, the more likely they were to report greater satisfaction with distance education courses. Full article… read more
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African American Education since “An American Dilemma”
Allen, W. R., & Jewell, J. O. (1995). African American Education since “An American Dilemma”. Daedalus, 124(1), 77-100. The state of African American education since the publication of Gunnar Myrdal’s “An American Dilemma” in 1944 is examined. The book was a challenge to the US’ democratic principles and a firm testament to their promise.… read more
”Black” Cultural Capital, Status Positioning, And Schooling Conflicts For Low-Income African American Youth
Carter, P. L. (2003). ”Black” Cultural Capital, Status Positioning, And Schooling Conflicts For Low-Income African American Youth. Social Problems, 50(1), 136-155. Previous literature has failed to empirically demonstrate the conceptual distinction that social scientists make between ”dominant” and ”non-dominant”cultural capital. This article provides evidence of the coexistence of these two forms of… read more
“Break It Down”: One of the Cultural and Stylist Instructional Preferences of Black Males
McDougal, S. (2009). “Break It Down”: One of the Cultural and Stylist Instructional Preferences of Black Males.The Journal of Negro Education, 78(4), 432-440. Interviews with students at an all-Black, all-male school in a major northeastern city revealed that a significant proportion of the participating students had a strong preference for practical,… read more