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
They care about education: a counternarrative on black male students’ responses to inequitable schooling
Harper, S. R., & Davis, Charles H. F., III. (2012). They care about education: A counternarrative on black male students’ responses to inequitable schooling. Educational Foundations, 26(1-2), 103. Perspectives on Black male hopelessness and underachievement are evidenced by the numerous publications that highlight their educational upbringing in insufficiently resourced and… read more
Am I My Brother’s Teacher? Black Undergraduates, Racial Socialization, and Peer Pedagogies in Predominantly White Postsecondary Contexts
Harper, S. R. (2013). Am I my Brother’s teacher? black undergraduates, racial socialization, and peer pedagogies in predominantly white postsecondary contexts. Review of Research in Education, 37(1), 183-211. Much has been written over the past five decades about the experiences of Black students on predominantly White college and university campuses.… read more
Success in These Schools? Visual Counternarratives of Young Men of Color and Urban High Schools They Attend
Harper, S. R. (2015). Success in these schools? visual counternarratives of young men of color and urban high schools they attend. Urban Education, 50(2), 139-169. The overwhelming majority of published scholarship on urban high schools in the United States focuses on problems of inadequacy, instability, underperformance, and violence. Similarly, across… read more