Advancing Educational Outcomes in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Flowers, Lamont A.; Iii, James L. Moore; Flowers, Lawrence O.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The purpose of this book is to describe critical success factors impacting students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at historically Black colleges and universities. The information in this book is designed to enhance strategies and research to improve students' engagement experiences, graduation rates, and career development outcomes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761883180
• Artikelnr.: 74829480

Autorenporträt

Lamont A. Flowers the Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and executive director of the Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education in the Eugene T. Moore College of Education at Clemson University. Lawrence O. Flowers is associate professor of biology and department chair of biology at Livingstone College. James L. Moore III is the EHE Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and executive director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male at The Ohio State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword: Issues in Black Education
Abul Pitre
Foreword
Ivory A. Toldson
Preface
Lamont A. Flowers, Lawrence O. Flowers, and James L. Moore III
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Institutional Integration, Institutional Identity, and Degree
Attainment of Black Males in STEM attending Co-Educational and All-Men's
HBCUs
Bryant T. Marks, J. K. Haynes, and James P. Brown
Chapter 2: Improving Minority Student Mathematics Performance through
Cognitive Training
Oliver W. Hill, Jr., Zewelanji N. Serpell, and M. Omar Faison
Chapter 3: Assessing the Effects of STEM Enrichment Programs on HBCU
Students
Camellia M. Okpodu and Arlene P. Maclin
Chapter 4: A Comparison of African American Males in STEM Fields from HBCUs
and from Other Institutions
Lorenzo L. Esters
Chapter 5: Programmatic Initiatives in STEM that Facilitate the Success of
Minority Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Robert T. Palmer
Chapter 6: Mentoring: A Pathway to Student Achievement in Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Historically Black Colleges and
Universities
Carolyn B. Morgan
Chapter 7: African American Students' Academic Achievement in STEM at
HBCUs: Faculty Perceptions on the Contributing Factors for Academic Success
Felecia M. Nave, Fred A. Bonner, Chance W. Lewis, Sherri Frizell, Ashley
Parker, Michael McFrazier, and Petra A. Robinson
About the Editors
About the Authors