This chapter will focus on Warde's (2009) use of phenomenological and qualitative analyses employed in "The Road to Tenure: Narratives of African American Male Tenured Professors" and focus on five African Americans at various stages of the professoriate with significant tracts of those tenures at Historically Black Colleges and…

The purpose of this phenomenological narrative study was to explore the contributors to the sense of agency and racial identity for Black male traditional graduates of HBCUs. Interviews with the 10 participants were analyzed in order to glean and understand insights from their lived experiences (Moustakas, 1994). The researcher asked 10…

This qualitative study uses an anti-deficit lens and examines counter-narratives that capture Black males' high school schooling experiences, which include messages and strategies that support post-secondary preparation and attainment for Black males. Centering Black males as the expert voice and learning from them directly through their…

Career and Technical Education (CTE) has evolved since its implementation in American classrooms. By design, students are able to develop practical skills that are expected to enhance their future employment opportunities when enrolled in CTE courses. As advanced as the programs have become, doubt still exists in program design and usefulness,…

This study examined the lived experiences of non-traditional high achieving Black males that graduated from a predominantly White institution. The main research question asked: How do non-traditional Black males become high achieving collegians at a Predominantly White Institutions? The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore…

This study examined how African American male community college presidents made meaning of their transformative leadership experiences. A semi-structured interviewing technique was utilized to collect data from seven African American male community college presidents. All interviews were transcribed using an Interpretative Phenomenological…

Improving baccalaureate degree attainment for transfer students continues to be a key topic across the nation. The Associate Degree for Transfer is the latest attempt to improve outcomes. This quantitative study examines the effectiveness of the Associate Degree for Transfer pathway program as compared to other transfer pathway programs over a…

Rape myths are cultural narratives that are deeply entrenched in societal beliefs about sexual assault (Lonsway & Fitzgerald, 1995). Rape myths with female victims typically suggest the victim "asked for it" while rape myths regarding the sexual assault of men typically deny the existence of male rape. Furthermore, male rape myths…

This research is based on a casual-comparative design which determined the effect classroom structure had on the Black males' reading achievement. The quantitative study investigated potential differences between self-contained and departmentalized classroom organization on Black males' Grade 4 language scores on the Mississippi Curriculum Test,…

Addressing gender inequities in higher education must begin with the acknowledgement that men play a key role in creating change. The purpose of this qualitative study is to center and raise the experiences of women students, and to communicate to men who are students, faculty, and administrators what women students expect from them in terms of…

African American college men have always had a complicated relationship with institutions of higher education. More specifically, according to Harper and Quaye (2007), only 32.4% of African American men that enroll in college earn degrees in a six-year period. The low graduation rate can be attributed to institutional problems with racial…

The study examined how second-year African American males described their self-efficacy and persistence toward graduation after interacting with Appreciative Advising at a Texas community college. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six African American male students who were pursuing an associate degree full time at a small community…

Using data from 179 undergraduate men from 38 higher education institutions, we examined if adherence to masculine norms and social dominance hazing endorsement changed over three years of membership in a historically white college social fraternity. In addition, we examined if changes in conformity to specific masculine norms affected their…

Purpose: Much scholarly hand-wringing has concerned the academic engagement of Black and Latino boys. At the center of these conversations are questions of culture. Cultural disconnects between home and school are profound for students from marginalized communities, particularly so for young men. Prudence Carter asserts that young men in urban…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact on health-related fitness resulting from COVID-19 lockdowns on male high school students in Melbourne, Australia. Method: A total of 146 students completed fitness testing in February and retesting in November following 7 months of remote learning. Fitness tests conducted were 20-m…