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Daughtry, Leslie M. – 1992
To address the needs of African American students at Beaver College in Glenside (Pennsylvania), a one-credit freshman orientation course on Afrocentricity was developed. The course was intended to increase the comfort level between the institution and its culturally diverse students and add additional support for increased retention of African…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black History
Download full textThompson, Bernida – 1992
This practicum was an 8-month project designed to improve the motivational level and academic success of African American middle school boys through high-interest and activity-based Africentric lessons. The goal was to motivate black middle school males to strive for academic excellence. This goal was necessary in order to eliminate the problem of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, African Studies, Afrocentrism
