Consequences of Conservatism: Black Male Undergraduates and the Politics of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Autor/inn/en	Harper, Shaun R.; Gasman, Marybeth
Titel	Consequences of Conservatism: Black Male Undergraduates and the Politics of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Quelle	In: Journal of Negro Education, 77 (2008) 4, S.336-351 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2984
Schlagwörter	Graduation Rate; Political Attitudes; Black Colleges; Sexual Orientation; Sexuality; Males; African American Students; Undergraduate Students; Educational Environment; Academic Persistence; Racial Factors; Politics of Education; Interviews; Power Structure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Sexuelle Orientierung; Sexualität; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Previous research has highlighted numerous ways in which historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) offer more supportive educational environments for Black students than do predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Notwithstanding the consistency of these findings, persistence and graduation rates remain low for undergraduates, especially men, at HBCUs. Furthermore, anecdotal reports and news stories have called attention to the conservative politics of many Black colleges. This study explores how Black male students characterize, respond to, and make sense of environmental politics at 12 HBCUs that participated in the National Black Male College Achievement Study. In addition to 2-3 hour face-to-face individual interviews with 76 undergraduates, documents from 103 HBCUs were analyzed to gather additional insights into the political press of these institutions. Conservatism was evident in the areas of sexuality and sexual orientation, student self-presentation and expression, and the subordinate status of students beneath faculty and administrators. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10