African American Students’ Career and College Readiness

The Journey Unraveled

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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College and career readiness is essential to promoting the success of all students. Educational and economic changes in today’s society demands well thought out strategies for preparing students to survive academically, socially, and financially in the future. African American students are at a disadvantage in this strategic planning process due to a long history of racism, injustice, and marginalization. African American Students’ Career and College Readiness: The Journey Unraveled explores the historical, legal, and socio-political issues of education affecting African American students and their career and college readiness. Each chapter has been written based on the authors’ experience and passion for the success of students in the African American population. Some of the chapters will appear to be written in a more conversational and idiomatic tone, whereas others are presented in a more erudite format. Each chapter, however, presents a contextual portrayal of the contemporary, and often dysfunctional, pattern of society’s approach to supporting this population. Contributors also present progressive paradigms for future achievements. Through the pages of this book, readers will understand and hopefully appreciate what can be done to promote positive college bound self-efficacy, procurement of resources in the high school to college transition, exposure and access to college possibilities, and implications for practice in school counseling, education leadership, and higher education.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-04-12
Mått148 x 231 x 27 mm
Vikt558 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRace and Education in the Twenty-First Century
Antal sidor382
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498506885

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Chapter 1: African Americans and Career and College Readiness, Jennifer R. CurryChapter 2: Education and Race Case Law and Legislation: The Impact on the Career and College Readiness of African American Students, Jennifer R. Curry & Shandricka E. JacksonChapter 3: A Contextualized History of African Americans in Higher Education, Berlisha Morton & Dana HartChapter 4: Holland Codes and STEM Careers: Cultural Values and Individual Interests in Career Development for African American Students, Tristen BergholtzChapter 5: Talent Development as Career Development and College Readiness in Gifted African American Youth, Andrea Dawn Frazier, Jennifer Reidl Cross, & Tracy CrossChapter 6: Rigor, Course Choice, and Educational Excellence: Positioning African American Students for Future Success, D’Jalon JacksonChapter 7: Supporting the Transition of African American Students with Specific Learning Disabilities into Post-Secondary Education, Sharon DeFur & Elizabeth AugusteChapter 8: Financial Literacy and African American Students, M. Ann Shillingford-Butler, Brian Kooyman, & S. Kent ButlerChapter 9: Employability Skills and Career Development, Ashley Churbock & Lauren TreacyChapter 10: African American First Generation College Students, Cyrus Williams, Michael Garrett, & Eric M. BrownChapter 11: HBCUs: Relevance in Modern Education, Pamela Harris & Richelle JoeChapter 12: PWIs and the African American Experience, Natoya Haskins & Brandee ApplingChapter 13: Engaging a Discourse of Policy Analysis and Curriculum that Addresses Poverty and Race: Democracy Through a Collective Impact Model, Jessica ExkanoChapter14: African American Males: A Career and College Readiness Crisis, Christopher T. BelserChapter 15: African American Athletes and Higher Education, Linwood Vereen, Nicole R. Hill, & Michelle LopezChapter 16: Navigating Higher Education Through a Wellness Approach, M. Ann Shillingford & Amy Williams

The contributors (editors included) of the 16 essays in this collection are in the field of counseling or preparing to enter it. They write about problems that can make it difficult for African American students to make the transition from high school to college—problems related to cultural development, course choice, financial literacy, and wellness support. In the lead essay, Curry notes that pervasive disadvantages for African American high school students include poor support for counselling to direct them to colleges and inadequately rigorous courses in programs leading to college entrance. An interesting comparison arises from two essays that describe the experiences of African American students at, respectively, historically black colleges/universities and predominately white institutions. . . .Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, professionals.