Warde, B. (2009). The Road to Tenure: Narratives of African American Male Tenured Professors. Journal of African American Studies, 13(4), 494-508. Employing qualitative interviews framed by a phenomenological approach, this exploratory study had a cohort of African American male tenured professors (n = 12) describe the thematic structure of their experience of successfully advancing… read more
When Aspiration Meets Opportunity: Examining Transitional Experiences of African American Males in College Readiness Programs
Baber, L. D. (2014). When Aspiration Meets Opportunity: Examining Transitional Experiences of African American Males in College Readiness Programs. Community College Journal of Research and Practice,38(12), 1097 – 1111. The lack of postsecondary success for African American males has garnered significant attention from academic scholars and public policy leaders. While this… read more
“I Once Was Lost, but Now Am Found”: The Mathematics Journey of an African American Male Mathematics Doctoral Student
Jett, C. C. (2011). “I Once Was Lost, but Now Am Found”: The Mathematics Journey of an African American Male Mathematics Doctoral Student. Journal of Black Studies,42(7), 1125-1147. The lack of mathematics academic achievement and persistence in African American male students is well documented in the K-12 education research literature. Moreover,… read more
Preparing African-American Males for Postsecondary Options
Bailey, D. (2003). Preparing African-American Males for Postsecondary Options.The Journal of Men’s Studies, 12(1), 15-24. For more than a decade, there has been a dramatic decline in the percentage of African American males attending postsecondary institutions. In an effort to reverse this trend, some institutions (i.e., University of Georgia) have commissioned… read more