Black Men in Higher Education A Guide to Ensuring Student Success [Hardcover]

Black Men in Higher Educationbridges theory to practice in order to better prepare practitioners in their efforts to increase the success of Black male students in colleges and universities. In this comprehensive but manageable text, leading researchers J. Luke Wood and Robert T. Palmer highlight the current status of Black men in higher education and review relevant research literature and theory on their experiences in various postsecondary education contexts. The authors also provide and contextualize innovative, actionable strategies and solutions to help institutions increase the participation and success of Black male college students. The most recent addition to the Key Issues on Diverse College Studentsseries, this volume is a valuable resource for student affairs and higher education professionals to better serve Black men in higher education.

1. Framing the Context: Examining the Status of Black Men in Higher Education. 2. Factors Affecting the Success of Black Males in PreK-12 and Higher Education. 3. Theoretical Frameworks for Examining Black Men in College. 4. The Context, Actions, and Outcomes (C-A-O) Model of Institutional Responsibility. 5. Using the C-A-O Model to Guide Institutional Responsibility Research on Black Men. 6. Strategies for Recruiting and Supporting Black Men in Higher Education.

Black Men in Higher Education is a clarion call to those of us in the academy to assume greater responsibility for Black men's success. [It] is a significant contribution to the student success literature in several notable respects. It is one of the few books that accounts for what happens to Black males at all the critical junctures of their educational journeys,&[and]it advances an institutional responsibility agenda. New theoretical concepts that can enhance our understanding of how institutional contexts and the interactions that take place within thlóX