Practice or Perish: How Overexposure and Premature Claims of Success Undermine Men of Color Initiatives

Autor/in	Oliver, Steven Thurston
Titel	Practice or Perish: How Overexposure and Premature Claims of Success Undermine Men of Color Initiatives
Quelle	In: About Campus, 22 (2018) 6, S.18-21 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1086-4822
DOI	10.1002/abc.21306
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; African American Students; Males; Minority Group Students; College Students; Social Support Groups; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Collegestudent; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Schulleistung
Abstract	Many of us recognize that it is important for black male students to have safe spaces to share their experiences, such as overt racism, microaggressions, and isolation, and connect with other students sharing the same experiences. However, Steven Thurston Oliver points out that, often, when attempts to provide community are just starting to take root, the institution's need to prove it is supporting diversity causes a premature focus on GPA and graduation rates. Oliver argues that such initiatives require space and time to develop--they should not be required to prove their value before they receive adequate resources to develop--and perhaps providing psychosocial support that does not represent a direct causation to GPA and graduation is still worth providing. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01