The evolving challenges of black college students  new insights for policy, practice, and research /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Terrell L. Strayhorn and Melvin C. Terrell ; foreword by Lemuel W. Watson. 
 - Sterling, Va. :  Stylus,  2010. 
 - xii, 226 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: The state of empirical research on African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn -- Knowing God, knowing self: African American college students and spirituality / Dafina Lazarus Stewart -- Choosing college as a life or death decision: first-generation African American women's reflections on college choice / Rachele Winkle-Wagner -- Buoyant believers: resilience, self-efficacy, and academic success of low-income African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn -- Focusing on achievement: African American student persistence in the academy / Fred Bonner II -- Triple threat: challenges and supports of black gay men at predominantly white campuses / Terrell L. Strayhorn, Amanda M. Blakewood, and James M. DeVita -- Challenges and supports of student-to-student interactions: insights on African American collegians / Belinda B. McFeeters -- "A home away from home": black cultural centers as supportive environments for African American collegians at white institutions / Terrell L. Strayhorn ... [et al.] -- The uniqueness of an HBCU environment: how a supportive campus climate promotes student success / Robert T. Palmer and Estelle Young -- College-bound sons: exploring parental influences on the pre-entry attributes of black males / Darryl B. Holloman and Terrell L. Strayhorn -- Mentoring and African American undergraduates' perceptions of academic success / Tonya N. Saddler -- New directions for future research on African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781579225650 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Education (Higher)<br/>African American college students--Social conditions.<br/>African American college students--Attitudes.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC2781  / .E86 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378.1/982996073