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Success Factors of Young African-American Males at a Historically Black College
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By Marilyn J. Ross
ISBN: 0-89789-535-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-535-4
160 pages
Bergin & Garvey
Publication: 3/30/1998
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • Ross offers a naturalistic study that may serve as inspiration for a successful life for young African American males and for black male students from outside the United States....Researchers, faculty, and professors.
    —Choice
  • Marilyn Ross offers a window into student experiences at an institution that is not widely written about in the student affairs field....The strength of the book is its focus on African American history, particularly as it relates to African American women. With some 43% of African American women high school graduates enrolled in U.S colleges and universities(Harvey, 2002), it is imperative for practitioners to learn more about African American history. Ross' book may assist the field in understanding this history as well as the present-day struggles that students overcome to be successful in college. For these reasons, Success Factors is worth reading.
    —Journal of College Student     February 2004
Description: At a time when American society is desperately seeking to create hope for inner city black youth, this study serves as a tool to encourage those responsible for teaching and socializing young African-American males, who may feel they have little chance for success. The study involved 17 African-American male students at a historically black college in Miami, Florida. These students had great desire to achieve and did so despite daunting obstacles such as neighborhoods plagued with drugs, gangs, and crime. Interviewing students at the moment in their lives when they had successfully advanced beyond their environment, the author helps them to analyze their past in an honest manner. The case studies of the individuals reveal that family is the most relevant factor in the student's success; particularly, the presence of one person who cares and encourages the young man is vital. In President Clinton's speech to the NAACP in July 1997, he remarked, "I am tired of being told that children cannot succeed because of the difficulties of their circumstances. All we do is consign them to staying in the same circumstances. It is wrong." Through the stories of these students who have overcome their odds, this book can serve as an inspiration for younger African-American males to prevail over their own hardships.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Need for Role Models for Inner-City Youths
  • Statement of the Problem
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Limitations
  • Definition of Terms
  • Significance of the Study
  • Review of the Literature
  • The Perseverance of the Black Male
  • The African-American Male "In Crisis"
  • The Lack of Male Role Models in the Inner City
  • The Significance of Role Models
  • The Significance of Mentorship
  • Black Colleges versus White Colleges for the Black Student
  • Trends in Higher Education for African-Americans
  • A Historical Perspective
  • Design of the Study
  • Initial Procedures
  • Ethnography
  • Phenomenology
  • Hermeneutics
  • Grounded Theory
  • Constant Comparative Method
  • Negative Case Analysis
  • Constructed Realities
  • Shiva's Circle
  • Methodology
  • The Setting
  • The Sample
  • The Interviewing Process
  • Trustworthiness Criteria
  • Triangulation
  • Transferability of the Study
  • Data Analysis
  • Editing Analysis Style
  • Division of the Study into Units
  • Research Questions
  • Categories of the Study
  • Coding Procedures
  • Documenting the Themes
  • Emergent Findings and Postreview of the Literature
  • Theme of Bonding
  • Link to Religion
  • Link to Family
  • Extended Kinship Relationships
  • Father's Role in the Home
  • The Absent Father
  • Link to a Caring Mentor and/or Role Model
  • Achievement Motivation
  • Distinguishing Characteristics Between Cluster and Cluster II
  • Analysis, Conclusion, and Recommendations
  • Analysis of Metaphors in the Study
  • Major Themes
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations
  • Epilogue
  • References
  • Appendix
  • Index
LC Card Number: 97-37560
LCC Class: LC2781
Dewey Class: 378
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