Beating the odds: successful strategies to increase African American male participation in science

Abstract

This chapter focuses on successful strategies for increasing the number of males who enter and succeed in science at the college level. These strategies reflect lessons we have learned over the years from the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, launched in 1989, for high-achieving African American students in science and engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

Citation

Hrabowski, F.A. and Maton, K.I. (2009), "Beating the odds: successful strategies to increase African American male participation in science", Frierson, H.T., Pearson, W. and Wyche, J.H. (Ed.) Black American Males in Higher Education: Diminishing Proportions (Diversity in Higher Education, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 207-228. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3644(2009)0000006015