ERIC Number: EJ1234395
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Dec
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0972
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Not in This Alone: Black Men's Bonding, Learning, and Sense of Belonging in Black Male Initiative Programs
Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, v51 n5 p748-767 Dec 2019
This multisite qualitative study explored the narratives of Black male college students' engagement experiences in a Black Male Initiative (BMI) program across three different campuses. To better understand the students' narratives and experiences, sense of belonging was employed as a theoretical frame to investigate how the participants made meaning from their engagement. The findings suggest that the BMI program provided students with a unique cultural community that enhanced how they felt valued and their persistence in college. In particular, students identified bonding with their Black male peers and learning from Black men connected to the program as central components of the BMI community. That deepened their sense of self and deepened their sense of mattering.
Descriptors: Males, Program Descriptions, College Students, Learner Engagement, Educational Experience, Academic Persistence, Student School Relationship, Sense of Community, Peer Relationship, African American Students, Self Concept
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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