Presenting new empirical evidence and employing fresh theoretical
perspectives, this book sheds new light on the challenges that
Black Students face from the time they apply to college through
their lives on campus. The contributors make the case that the new
generation of Black students differ in attitudes and backgrounds
from earlier generations, and demonstrate the importance of
understanding the diversity of Black identity. Successive chapters
address the nature and importance of Black spirituality for
reducing isolation and race-related stress, and as a source of
meaning making; students' college selection and decision process
and the expectations it fosters; first-generation Black women's
motivations for attending college; the social-psychological
determinants of academic achievement, and how resiliency can be
developed and nurtured; institutional climate and the role of
cultural centers; as well as identity development; and mentoring.
The book includes a new research study of African American male
undergraduates who identify as gay or bisexual; discusses the
impact of student-to-student interactions in intellectual
development and leadership building; describes the successful
strategies used by historically Black institutions with at-risk
men; considers the role of parents in Black male students' lives,
and the applicability of the ""millennial"" label to the new cohort
of African American students. The book offers new insights and
concrete recommendations for policies and practices to provide the
social and academic support for African American students to
persist and fully benefit from their collegiate experience. It will
be of value to student affairs personnel and faculty; constitutes a
textbook for courses on student populations and their development;
and provides a springboard for future research.
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