Recruiting, Retaining, and Engaging African-American Males at Selective Public Research Universities

Louis A. Castenell, University of GeorgiaTarek C. Grantham, University of GeorgiaBilly J. Hawkins, University of Houston

• Acknowledgments.Introduction; Louis A. Castenell, Tarek C. Grantham, Billy J. Hawkins.Section I Overview—Pre-collegiate Preparation Of African American Males; Louis A. Castenell, Tarek Grantham, Marques Dexter And Quincy Brewington.Chapter 1. The Cultural Collusion and Collision in the Evolution of Highly Selective Universities: A Historical Overview of SPRUs at the American Public's Expense; Louis Castenell and Quincy Brewington.Chapter 2. African American Males' Academic Preparation in K-12 Settings for Highly Selective Universities; Natoya Hill Haskins and Kelley Olds.Chapter 3. Desegregating the University System of Georgia (USG) and Establishing the African American Male Initiative at the University of Georgia (UGA): From USG Shame to UGA GAAME; Tarek Grantham, Louis Castenell, Quincy Brewington and Marques Dexter.Chapter 4. Project Gentlemen on the move: A model for creating a pipeline of African American male scholars; Deryl Bailey, Mary Bradbury Bailey, and Bobby Gueh.Section II Overview—African American Male Student Athletes At Select Public Research Universities; Billy Hawkins And Marques Dexter.Chapter 5. College Athletics: Access and opportunity for Black Male Athletes at Selective Research Universities; Billy Hawkins and Akuoma C. Nwadike.Chapter 6. Changing the Game: When Black Professors Engage Black Athletes; Louis Harrison Jr, Alvin Logan, Devin Walker, and Leonard Moore.Chapter 7. African American Student Athletes and Engagement in the College Student Experience; Joy Gayles and Eddie Comeaux.Chapter 8. Deconstructing Gods and Monsters: Black Men, Manhood, and College Athletics; T. Elon Dancy II and Larry Birdine.Chapter 9. When the Cheers Fade: Rethinking College Transitions for Black Male Student-Athletes and Reframing Success; Eugene T. Parker, Jarvis A. McCowin, Nicholas Katopol, Tevin Robbins, Malik S. Henfield and Anthony Ferguson.Chapter 10. Crouching Talents, Hidden Gifts: The Dualism of Academic Excellence and Athletic Development for African American, Gifted Student-Athletes at Selective Public Research Universities; Kristina Henry Collins and Andre Mark Perry.Section III Overview—Undergraduate And Graduate Considerations For African American Male Initiatives; Tarek Grantham, Louis A. Castenell, Marques Dexter And Quincy Brewington.Chapter 11. We are AAMRI': Redefining Black male excellence at The University of Texas at Austin; Darren D. Kelly, Martin P. Smith, and Cameron McCoy.Chapter 12. African American Male Initiatives: Creating Cultures of Inclusion and Climates of Success at Select Public Research Universities; Zoe Johnson.Chapter 13. African American Males in TRIO Programs; Daniel Isaiah Thompson.Chapter 14. Using an Anti-deficit Achievement Approach to Examine a Black Male College Student's Pursuit of a Career in Computer Science; Darris R. Means and Raphael D. Coleman.Chapter 15. Shades of Black: Black Male Law School Enrollment by Ethnic Status; Daryl McAdoo, Chantel Jones, and Walter R. Allen.