Recruiting, retaining, and engaging African American males at selective public research universities : challenges and opportunities in academics and sports

• Other Authors: Castenell, Louis Anthony, 1947- (Editor), Grantham, Tarek C. (Editor), Hawkins, Billy Joe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2018.
• Series: Contemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievement.
• Subjects: African American male college students.; African American college athletes.; African American men > Education, Higher.; Academic achievement > United States.; Universities and colleges > United States > Sociological aspects.; Education > Multicultural Education.; Educational strategies and policy: inclusion.; Educational strategies and policy.; Ethnic groups and multicultural studies.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806607723
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-64113-273-2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 269 pages)

A problematic, yet uncommon, assumption among many higher education researchers is that recruitment, retention, and engagement of African-American males is relatively similar and stable across all majority White colleges and universities. In fact, the harsh reality is that selective public research...