Black Male Success in Higher Education : How the Mathematical Brotherhood Empowers a Collegiate Community to Thrive

Jett, Christopher C.

Teachers' College Press（2022/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 208 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780807767412
• DDC分類 378.1982996073

Full Description

For more than 175 years, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played a significant role in educating Black students. This book examines the experiences of a cohort of 16 Black male math majors at Morehouse College referred to as "the mathematical brotherhood." Through the lenses of Black masculinity and critical race theory, the author employs an asset-based approach to tell a captivating story about this cohort within a racially affirming learning community. Readers will hear how Morehouse empowers the students, as well as how they navigate and manage ongoing racial challenges, mathematical spaces, and society. Amplifying the voices of the participants, the study showcases the nation's top producer of Black male math majors, extends the knowledge base regarding HBCUs' multigenerational legacy of success, and makes a significant contribution to the growing body of discipline-based education research. The author provides recommendations for families, educators, policymakers, and researchers to improve Black boys' and men's mathematics achievement and academic outcomes. Book Features:

Centers Black males' cautionary tales about navigating school and society not only in their college years, but also in their formative years.
Provides insights regarding Black males' persistence in mathematics.
Includes ethnographic data that brings a math learning community to life.
Draws upon race-related frameworks to document Black male success in college.

Contents

Contents
Foreword Duane Cooper  xi
Prelude  xiii
Acknowledgments  xvii
Introduction  1
Why Mathematics?  2
Why Brothers?  5
HBCUs  8
Scholarship on Mathematics at HBCUs  10
Overview of the Book  11
1.  Morehouse Mathematics  13
Morehouse College: An Institutional Portrait  13
Morehouse Mathematics: A Historical Portrait  15
Morehouse Mathematics: A Contemporary Portrait  19
2.  The Brothers' Journey to Morehouse Mathematics  26
Family Dynamics  26
Journey to Mathematics  27
Journey to Morehouse  38
Conclusion  42
3.  The Mathematical Brotherhood  44
Morehouse's Brotherhood  44
Major Declaration  46
The Mathematical Brotherhood  49
Mathematical Persistence  53
Mathematical Trials and Tribulations  56
Division Among the Brothers  61
Conclusion  63
4.  The Faculty  65
The Mathematics Faculty  65
Student-Generated Descriptions of the Mathematics Faculty  69
Less Highly Regarded Mathematics Faculty  75
Faculty Improvements  78
Non-Mathematics Faculty  80
Conclusion  82
5.  Morehouse's Mathematics Learning Community  84
Math Lab  84
Third Floor Respect  87
Third Floor Disrespect  89
Collegiate Activities and Events  92
Alumni-Related Activities and Events  99
Summary of Activities and Events to Promote Community  102
Conclusion  103
6.  The Brothers' Racialized Experiences  105
Racialized K-12 Experiences  105
Racialized Experiences in Math-Related Contexts  109
Racialized Experiences in Everyday Life  113
Morehouse as a Racially Affirming Space  118
Conclusion  120
7.  Moving Forward  121
Future Goals and Aspirations  121
Implications for Undergraduate Math Education  124
Implications for Families  128
Implications for K-12 Math Education  130
Implications for Broadening the Participation of Black Men in the Mathematical Sciences  132
Implications for Policy  134
Implications for Future Research  135
Coda  137
Afterword Erica N. Walker  139
Appendix A: Theoretical and Methodological Notes  143
Appendix B: Observational Data  147
Appendix C: Fraternal Vocabulary  151
Appendix D: Acronym Glossary  153
Notes  155
References  157
Index  175
About the Author  183