Levin, H., Belfield, C., Muennig, P., & Rouse, C. (2007). The Public Returns To Public Educational Investments In African-American Males. Economics of Education Review, 26(6), 699 – 708. This paper calculates the public savings (financial benefits) from greater public investments in the education of African-American males. Over one-fifth of each age cohort… read more
African American males and participation: promising inclusion, practicing exclusion
Dunbar, C. J. (1999). African American males and participation: promising inclusion, practicing exclusion. Theory Into Practice, 38(4), 241. Part of a special issue on the politics of participation in school reform. A study examined exclusion practices evident in the alternative school movement for students on whom the system has given up. Data… read more
Recruiting Intergenerational African American Males for Biomedical Research Studies: A Major Research Challenge
Byrd, G., Li, Y., Mckinley, R., Pericak-Vance, M., Edwards, C., Kelkar, V., et al. (2011). Recruiting Intergenerational African American Males for Biomedical Research Studies: A Major Research Challenge. Journal of the National Medical Association, 103(6), 480-487. The health and well-being of all individuals, independent of race, ethnicity, or gender, is a significant… read more
Education and Risk of Suicide: An Analysis of African Americans
Stack, S. (1998). Education and Risk of Suicide: An Analysis of African Americans.Sociological Focus, 31(3), 295-302. Gains in educational attainment for African Americans since the 1960s have not resulted in corresponding gains in economic success, a situation that can promote anomic suicide. Observers of African American suicide have also argued that… read more