Black Male Scholar Athletes' Navigational Strategies for Success at a Historically Black College/University and a Historically White University

• In Event: 54.071 - Diversifying the Discussion: Experiences of Underrepresented Student-Athletes

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine and contrast the experiences of Black male scholar athletes at a Division I historically Black college/university (HBCU) and historically White university (HWU) and identify key contributors to their positive transitional experiences (academic, athletic, and social) in college. Two focus groups, eight individual interviews, and an 8-item demographic questionnaire were conducted with 12 Black male scholar athletes. An anti-deficit achievement framework and critical race methodology were incorporated to better understand the processes by which participants’ experienced positive transitional outcomes in two distinct racial, sociocultural, and educational milieus.

Author

• Joseph Nehemiah Cooper, University of Connecticut