Retaining African American Men

August 9, 2010

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Overview

Learn how two colleges increased African-American male retention rates by 10% or more.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, white males graduate college within six years at a rate of 52.8%. Conversely, black males graduate at a rate of 34.4%. Some challenges to persistence of this population include lack of college knowledge and role models who have completed college, and funds. Campuses need to create strategies that work with black men to increase success rates and retention.

Join Academic Impressions as we highlight two colleges that have introduced targeted programs resulting in increased African-American male retention rates by 10% or more.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Those who are interested in increasing retention of African American males including those who work with grant programs such as TRiO, Title V, Title III, chief student affairs officers, retention specialists, and other advocacy office employees.

Agenda

Recorded On Monday, August 9, 2010

First Year Seminar and Case Management at Pulaski Tech

Campus context
- Pulaski's black male characteristics
- Choosing the right program to retain the men
Step by step planning and implementation model
- Timeline of planning and implementation
- Budgeting and resources
- Marketing
- Key partnerships
Assessing the results and making changes
Lessons learned and future plans
Suggestions for action steps that a campus can take to get started

Mentoring Programs at the University of Central Florida

Campus context
- University of Central Florida's black male characteristics
- Choosing the right program to retain the men
Step by step planning and implementation model
- Timeline of planning and implementation
- Budgeting and resources
- Marketing
- Key partnerships
Assessing the results and making changes
Lessons learned and future plans
Suggestions for action steps that a campus can take to get started

Instructors

Wayne Jackson

Director, Multicultural Academic and Support Services

University of Central Florida

Wayne is the director of the MASS office at UCF, an office that provides academic programming and support services for more than 21,000 multicultural and first-generation students on the UCF campus. He is a two-time national retention award recipient: the 2010 National Association of Academic Advising (NACADA) Outstanding Institutional Advising Program Certificate of Merit for his leadership in directing the Seizing Opportunities for Achievement and Retention (SOAR) program, and the 2003 Noel-Levitz Retention Excellence Award for his work in directing the Minority Mentoring Program at The College of New Jersey. Wayne has consulted for several institutions, to help develop mentoring programs and increase student retention rates. He speaks nationally on how to increase the retention of at-risk students.

Erik Range

Consultant

Erik Range has presented at several national conferences on topics surrounding retention of at-risk populations, the first-year experience for minority males, and the benefits of summer bridge programs in retaining students of color. Erik has been the assistant director of the Upward Bound program at the University of Miami and, more recently, worked as the coordinator in the Multicultural Academic and Support Services Program at the University of Central Florida. At UCF, he assisted in the development of a newly funded Upward Bound program. He also coordinated UCF's Brother to Brother and Seizing Opportunities for Achievement and Retention programs. Both programs assist students from multicultural, first-generation, and low-income backgrounds in navigating through the collegiate experience.

Derek Moore

FYE Instructor and Student Success Coach

Pulaski Technical College

Through the Network for Student Success, Derek's area of focus and concentration targets improving the retention and graduation rates for Men of Color. He has contributed to and presented at several venues related to the educational and career success of students and adults. Recently, he and a colleague presented a poster-session at the 29th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience in Denver, Colorado, where attendees responded with great reviews. While serving as executive director of a local Workforce system implementing education and career services, his organization received recognition as a "best practice" for collaboration efforts from national sources. He has received recognition for implementing Malcolm Baldrige principles into the work environment from Arkansas' Governor's Quality Award program. Presently, Derek co-chairs the Institutional Research committee at Pulaski Technical College, and is a member of the Achieving the Dream initiative. Derek, through New Futures for Youth, Inc., also serves as a presenter in the 2010 Skills Development Institute for Building Strong Communities, which is a collaboration of the City of Little Rock's Children, Youth and Families Commission and the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Dalton Lemelle

FYE Instructor and Student Success Coach

Pulaski Technical College

As a retired 20 year Air Force Veteran, and former director of a Job Corp Center, Coach Lemelle's work in student development focuses on outside of the box strategies to foster high self-esteem, motivation, building leadership skills and academic achievement in students whom others have deemed hopeless. Dalton's L.E.A.R.N. (Leadership, Education, Accountability, Respect, Nurture) concept helps young people to pursue their dreams and goals, and provides opportunities for future academic and personal growth that will further these dreams and goals. Through these strategies, Dalton founded, started and coached the men's basketball program at Pulaski Technical College. Students in the program have exemplified the necessary academic and non-academic tools to be successful in school, home, and the community.

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