Black Men in College: Implications for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Beyond

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

The purpose of this symposium is to help institutions increase retention and persistence among Black male collegians. This symposium will provide vital information about how to effectively support, retain, and graduate Black male undergraduates. Rooted in the notion that Black male collegians are not a homogenous group; rather, they are representative of rarely acknowledged differences that exist among them, this symposium will discuss the diverse challenges that specific subcultures of Black men in encounter and provide context on how to support and retain them. This symposium will emphasize that understanding critical differences among subcultures of Black men is necessary to make true in-roads in helping their persistence to graduation.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Theory, Research, and Practice

Chair

• Adriel Adon Hilton, Upper Iowa University

Papers

• Coming Out of the Dark: Black Gay Men’s Experiences at Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, The Ohio State University

• “Yes, I Can!” Strengths-Based Approaches for Engaging and Empowering Academically Underprepared Black Men - Tiffany Patrice Fountaine, Morgan State University

• Black Fathers in College: Multiple Identities, Persistence, and Contextual Differences - T. Elon Dancy, University of Oklahoma

• Standing in the Intersection: Black, Male, Millennial College Students - Fred Arthur Bonner, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway

Discussants

• Robert Terry Palmer, Binghamton University - SUNY

• J. Luke Wood, San Diego State University