dc.contributor.author	McMillan, Jasmine Christine
dc.coverage.spatial	United States	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	2020-2024	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2024-06-25T14:41:53Z
dc.date.available	2024-06-25T14:41:53Z
dc.date.issued	2024-05-28
dc.identifier.other	4938173c-b653-48d5-8c68-d2ed5b1322dc	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/7190
dc.description.abstract	African American (AA) males face significant challenges in persisting academically and completing college degrees, leading to a widening achievement gap between them and other minority and non-minority groups. Despite efforts to improve low academic persistence rates, AA males continue to underperform compared to their African American female counterparts and other groups in undergraduate degree programs. The graduation rates for AA males at higher education institutions remain less than 40%, and the decline in their college degree attainment can be attributed to various factors such as lack of mentoring, insufficient student support services, inadequate academic preparation, societal expectations that are low or non-existent for their success, and socio-economic factors including high incarceration and homicide rates among AA males aged 18-35. The widening achievement gap limits opportunities for AA males in both education and the workforce, thus posing a significant problem for the United States. This dissertation aims to identify the factors hindering academic persistence and college degree attainment among AA males in higher education and effective strategies that facilitate their academic success.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic--United States	en_US
dc.subject	Educational leadership	en_US
dc.subject	African Americans	en_US
dc.subject	African Americans--Study and teaching	en_US
dc.subject	Higher education	en_US
dc.subject	African American men	en_US
dc.subject	College graduates	en_US
dc.subject	College dropouts--Prevention	en_US
dc.title	Against All Odds: An Interpretive Qualitative Exploration of African American Males' Life Experiences and Strategies for College Graduation Attainment	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Curriculum, Leadership, and Technology of the Dewar College of Education and Human Services	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Downey, Steven
dc.description.committee	Nobles, Kathy
dc.description.committee	Da Cruz, Becky
dc.description.committee	Lairsey, John
dc.description.degree	Ed.D.	en_US
dc.description.major	Education in Curriculum and Instruction	en_US