Academically gifted African American male college students [[electronic resource] /] / Fred A. Bonner II ; foreword by Kofi Lomotey ; afterword by Donna Y. Ford

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458805903321
• Autore: Bonner Fred A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-53540-4; 9786612535406; 0-313-38723-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.1/982996073
• Soggetti: African American men - Education (Higher); African American male college students; African Americans - Scholarships, fellowships, etc; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: A Look at the History of Giftedness and Gifted Theorists; 2: Giftedness and the P-12 African American Student; 3: Giftedness and the Collegiate African American Student; 4: The Gifted African American Male College Student: A Study; 5: An Interview with Trey Williams; 6: An Interview with Trey Williams-Continued; 7: An Interview with Stephen James; 8: An Interview with Stephen James-Continued; 9: Trey and Stephen: What I Learned from Their Experiences; 10: Retrospection and Contemplation: An Interview with Trey Williams 10 Years Later11: Retrospection and Contemplation: An Interview with Stephen James 10 Years Later; Afterword; African American Giftedness: Our Nation's Deferred Dream (Journal of Black Studies); Transitions in the Development of Giftedness (Gifted Child Today); Never Too Young to Lead: Gifted African American Males in Elementary School (Gifted Child Today); Definition, Identification, Identity, and Culture: A Unique Alchemy Impacting the Success of Gifted African American Millennial Males in ; School (Journal for the Education of the Gifted)Capitalizing on Leadership Capacity: Gifted African American Males in High School (Roeper Review); Leaving Black Males Behind: Debunking the Myths of Meritocratic Education (Journal of Race and Policy); References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: At a time when so many studies of African American students focus on the factors of failure, Academically Gifted African American Male College Students fills a conspicuous void in the research literature on post-secondary education by focusing on success. Like no other work before it, this remarkable study goes deep inside the experiences of academically gifted African American men who successfully navigate their way through rigorous college-level programs.||At the heart of the unique and long overdue work are two real-life stories of African American male students: one at a Historically Black