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The evolving challenges of black college students [electronic resource] : new insights for policy, practice, and research / edited by Terrell L. Strayhorn and Melvin C. Terrell ; foreword by Lemuel W. Watson.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Sterling, Va. : Stylus, 2010.Description: xii, 226 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 378.1/982996073 22
LOC classification:
  • LC2781 .E86 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: The state of empirical research on African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn -- Knowing God, knowing self: African American college students and spirituality / Dafina Lazarus Stewart -- Choosing college as a life or death decision: first-generation African American women's reflections on college choice / Rachele Winkle-Wagner -- Buoyant believers: resilience, self-efficacy, and academic success of low-income African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn -- Focusing on achievement: African American student persistence in the academy / Fred Bonner II -- Triple threat: challenges and supports of black gay men at predominantly white campuses / Terrell L. Strayhorn, Amanda M. Blakewood, and James M. DeVita -- Challenges and supports of student-to-student interactions: insights on African American collegians / Belinda B. McFeeters -- "A home away from home": black cultural centers as supportive environments for African American collegians at white institutions / Terrell L. Strayhorn ... [et al.] -- The uniqueness of an HBCU environment: how a supportive campus climate promotes student success / Robert T. Palmer and Estelle Young -- College-bound sons: exploring parental influences on the pre-entry attributes of black males / Darryl B. Holloman and Terrell L. Strayhorn -- Mentoring and African American undergraduates' perceptions of academic success / Tonya N. Saddler -- New directions for future research on African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The state of empirical research on African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn -- Knowing God, knowing self: African American college students and spirituality / Dafina Lazarus Stewart -- Choosing college as a life or death decision: first-generation African American women's reflections on college choice / Rachele Winkle-Wagner -- Buoyant believers: resilience, self-efficacy, and academic success of low-income African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn -- Focusing on achievement: African American student persistence in the academy / Fred Bonner II -- Triple threat: challenges and supports of black gay men at predominantly white campuses / Terrell L. Strayhorn, Amanda M. Blakewood, and James M. DeVita -- Challenges and supports of student-to-student interactions: insights on African American collegians / Belinda B. McFeeters -- "A home away from home": black cultural centers as supportive environments for African American collegians at white institutions / Terrell L. Strayhorn ... [et al.] -- The uniqueness of an HBCU environment: how a supportive campus climate promotes student success / Robert T. Palmer and Estelle Young -- College-bound sons: exploring parental influences on the pre-entry attributes of black males / Darryl B. Holloman and Terrell L. Strayhorn -- Mentoring and African American undergraduates' perceptions of academic success / Tonya N. Saddler -- New directions for future research on African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.