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African American Male College Students' Experience Of College Preparation, Linda Denice Valentine-Cobb
African American Male College Students' Experience Of College Preparation, Linda Denice Valentine-Cobb
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
African American male students have a high risk of not completing high school and not going to college. Students receive some college preparation as early as middle school, yet it is not enough to increase the number of African American male high school or college graduates. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe what 18-24-year-old African American male college students recalled from middle school and high school about college preparation, college planning, and college attendance. Critical race theory was used to reveal how outside factors such as oppression, racism, or socioeconomic status prevent African American male students from …
Behavioral Impacts Of Father Absence On Middle School African American Boys, Ivy J. Johnson
Behavioral Impacts Of Father Absence On Middle School African American Boys, Ivy J. Johnson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Father absence is the experience of children who grow up in households without their biological father. The African American population experiences the highest level of father absence of all demographic groups in the United States. Research shows that father absence influences school behavior. There is a lack of literature evaluating the extent to which father absence affects children, particularly African American boys, at different stages of development. This quantitative study was used to evaluate how father absence affected school behavior of African American boys, ages 13-15, in the middle school setting, in Houston, TX. Guided by attachment theory, the research …