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Black Lives Matter And So Do Black Men With A Phd, Jamel A. Gibson
Black Lives Matter And So Do Black Men With A Phd, Jamel A. Gibson
The Journal of Advancing Education Practice
It is crucial for the Black Lives Matter movement that more Black men pursue and earn doctoral degrees. American society must be made aware of intellectual contributions that underpin the fact that Black men are intelligent, eloquent in speech, and able to research and present any given topic. Black men are often underrepresented in terminal degree programs, and those who do advance to advanced study fall short due to doctoral attrition. These troubling phenomena highlight the need for research concerning motivational factors that may improve the odds of Black men entering and completing postgraduate programs across disciplines. This opinion paper …