Low Black Student Retention on a Predominantly White Campus: Two Faculty Respond with the African American Student Network

Autor/inn/en	Grier-Reed, Tabitha L.; Madyun, Na'im H.; Buckley, Christopher G.
Titel	Low Black Student Retention on a Predominantly White Campus: Two Faculty Respond with the African American Student Network
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Development, 49 (2008) 5, S.476-485 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0897-5264
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Higher Education; Graduation Rate; Whites; School Holding Power; Academic Persistence; Disproportionate Representation; Racial Differences; Social Support Groups; Stress Variables; Racial Bias; Social Isolation; Student Attitudes; Student Adjustment; Cultural Influences; Personality Traits; Student Empowerment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; White; Weißer; Rassenunterschied; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Soziale Isolation; Schülerverhalten; Adjustment; Adaptation; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Studienberechtigung
Abstract	Black student retention in institutions of higher education is an important 21st-century issue. Thompson, Gorin, Obeidat, and Chen (2006) asserted that Blacks are still underrepresented in institutions of higher education and graduate at lower rates than Whites and Asians over a 5-year period. According to the American Council on Education, at the turn of the century only 40% of eligible Black students went to college, with only 46% of the 40% graduating within 6 years. At the authors' own university, a large Midwestern research institution, available data indicate that the 4-year graduation rate for even the highest ability students is approximately 25% higher for Whites than for Blacks. This public university serves more than 65,000 students, with 40,437 of those being undergraduates; Blacks make up 4.7% of the undergraduate population, and students of color comprise 17.3%. Considering Black undergraduates who enrolled in 1998, of those with the highest college entrance scores only about 25% graduated 4 years later, in 2002. In an effort to improve retention and graduation rates on the authors' campus, two Black faculty have responded with the African American Student Network, or as students call it AFAM (signifying African American and "A Family"). In this article, the authors share their response to the problem of retention at their university and explore Black student experiences. They include an overview of their program and a pilot study assessing the program's impact. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10