ERIC Number: EJ1160782
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 23
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The Influence of Mentoring on the Academic Trajectory of a 17-Year-Old Black Male College Sophomore from the United Kingdom: A Single Case Study
Goings, Ramon B.; Davis, Julius; Britto, Joseph; Greene, Dijaria
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, v25 n3 p346-368 2017
There has been a national- and state-level call for colleges and universities to develop targeted mentoring programs for Black males. However, there is limited published scholarship that has investigated the experiences of non-U.S.-born Black males in these college mentoring programs generally, and at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) specifically. Thus, the purpose of this qualitative study is to examine the experiences of a 17-year-old Black male college sophomore from the United Kingdom who enrolled in a HBCU male-focused mentoring program. Findings reveal that he benefited from pre-college mentoring as he developed strategies to respond to racist encounters during his K-12 schooling in the United Kingdom. In the university mentoring program, he benefited most from one-on-one mentoring opportunities with university officials. Implications for universities and future research are discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, College Students, Adolescents, Case Studies, Black Colleges, Blacks, Program Effectiveness, Qualitative Research, Student Experience, Racial Bias, Elementary Secondary Education, Critical Theory, Race, Foreign Students, Interviews, Racial Identification, Observation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom; United States
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