The Black Students Guide To College Success

Author : F. Erik Brooks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African American Student's Guide to College Success written by F. Erik Brooks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encouraging guide coaches African American and first-generation college students on strategies for maximizing their experiences and success on university campuses. Marked gaps in academic achievements continue to exist between white and black students on college campuses in America. This motivational book, with contributions from academic role models from within the African American community, provides tools to help ethnically diverse students choose the best college, improve their study skills, and cope with academic anxiety. From college selection to graduation, this practical resource provides firsthand accounts of successful college experiences and the strategies used by former students to obtain their degrees. This work is divided into four parts. After an introductory section that addresses how to find the right college for aspiring students, the second part discusses the culture of an academic environment and reveals what incoming students may discover on a new campus. The third section introduces the language and lingo used in college settings. Finally, the guide concludes with conversations with successful African Americans who have achieved their undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. The content also features a helpful college and university directory.

Author : Clidie B. Cook
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313005842
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Student's Guide to College Success written by Clidie B. Cook and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1994-11-30 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book begins with a step-by-step guide to a successful college selection process and freshman year, offering insights invaluable to students, parents, teachers, guidance counselors,and athletic recruiters. Next, notable African-American men and women tell the stories of their own college careers--from admission to graduation--in 27 short, autobiographical essays included in Part Two of the book, How I Did It. Also featured is a directory of more than 900 colleges and universities with information and statistics of particular interest to African-American students. The directory includes evaluations and listings of the most prestigious American undergraduate institutions, with detailed information on special programs and activities for African-American students, entries on historically Black U.S. colleges and universities and African and Caribbean institutions, and information on Black Greek letter organizations. A subject index concludes the guide. This is the only complete college guide specifically designed for African-American students and their counselors. The Black Student's Guide to College Success is a step-by-step quide and reference tool for students, parents, teachers, guidance counselors, and athletic recruiters--leading the reader through a successful college selection process and freshman year. A directory of more than 900 colleges and universities is provided, with information of particular interest to African-American students. Many distinguished Black educators and prominent Americans have contributed to make this work a comprehensive reference tool which addresses the questions and problems encountered by African-American students. A foreword by Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, introduces the first part, How to Succeed in College, featuring 14 hard-hitting essays geared to the needs of the African-American student during the college selection process and the freshman year. Of special interest are: * essays on the Black student athlete; * choosing a Black or an integrated college; * financing a college education; * connecting with students from Africa and the Caribbean; * getting along with other ethnic groups on campus; * handling academic stress; * study habits and hints; and * affirmative action. The next part, How I Did It, includes inspirational autobiographical essays on the college careers--from admission to graduation--of 27 notable African-American men and women. These success stories will motivate and encourage students as they consider their college options. The last part, Directory of Colleges and Universities, includes: (1) complete up-to-date information on more than 900 American colleges and universities (2) the names of recruiters of African-American students (3) the percentage of African-American students enrolled and those who graduate (4) the percentage of student athletes who graduate, and (5) information on African-American organizations Evaluations and listings of the most prestigious U.S. undergraduate institutions, detailed information on programs and activities of special interest to African-American students, listings of historically Black colleges and universities (and evaluations of the top ten), profiles of universities in Africa and the Caribbean, and information on national Black Greek letter organizations are also included in this thorough, accessible directory. A subject index concludes the guide. This work is especially useful for high school and public libraries, high school guidance and career counselors, college admissions offices, athletic recruiters, and African-American education organizations, as well as for aspiring African-American students in search of the motivational key to achievement in college.

Author : William J. Ekeler
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 0313294313
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Student's Guide to College Success written by William J. Ekeler and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1994-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspiring and useful book is recommended for public and high school libraries as well as for individual students and counselors." Booklist "A good roadmap for African American students who are first-year college students or are in high school looking forward to college. . .Excellent counsel and testimonials." Choice ". . .An excellent resource for any African-American student who is considering applying to college, deciding where to apply, or seeking guidance on the transition from high school to college life." Solutions The first edition of this ground-breaking resource was received enthusiastically and earned much praise. Now the new, updated, and expanded edition of this uniquely comprehensive guide to college selection--and success--written for African-American students and their counselors will be a welcome addition to the school and public library shelf and the college-bound student's personal collection. Up-to-date to the 1994-1995 school year, the directory section of this edition includes the most current information--tuition fees, enrollment figures, contact names, and the like--for each institution listed. Thirty-six colleges and universities have been added to this edition, expanding the total number covered to over 950. Popular features from the first edition of the Guide return and provide a wealth of information and advice: a step-by-step guide to preparing for, selecting, and succeeding in college; autobiographical essays by notable African Americans on how they succeeded in college; and the completely revised and updated directory of more than 950 colleges and universities.

Author : Barry Beckham
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1568330804
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Student's Guide to Colleges written by Barry Beckham and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1997 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must for black students, this guide includes profiles of over 200 black and predominently white colleges, based on interviews, questionnaires, and official college statistics.

Author : Felecia Commodore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317216385
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Women College Students written by Felecia Commodore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest book in the Key Issues on Diverse College Students series explores the state of Black women students in higher education. Delineating key issues, proposing an original student success model, and describing what institutions can do to better support this group, this important book provides a succinct but comprehensive exploration of this underrepresented and often neglected population on college campuses. Full of practical recommendations for working across academic and student affairs, this is a useful guide for administrators, faculty, and practitioners interested in creating pathways for Black female college student success. Whether this book is read cover to cover or used as a resource manual, the pages contain critical insights that should be taken into serious consideration wherever Black women college students are concerned.

Author : Sheryl Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781425960650
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Girl's Guide to College Success written by Sheryl Walker and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Girl's Guide to College Success: What No One Really Tells You About College That You Must Know provides readers with all the information they need to know to be successful in college. There are books that tell you how to get into college, but few that show you how to navigate college successfully once you're actually there. The Black Girl's Guide to College Success covers the entire college experience from choosing the right major, studying abroad, and obtaining internships, to having fun, balancing out relationships and extracurricular activities, and tough issues like combating feelings of inferiority. Life becomes a little easier when you don't have to figure out EVERYTHING on your own. Millions of black women have graduated from college and have been successful, but having a heads up on how to make it through successfully can only increase the population of black female college graduates. The Black Girl's Guide to College Success not only defies the myth that all you have to do is study and get good grades to be successful in college, it leaves you wishing there was a Black Girl's Guide for every stage of life!

Author : William J. Ekeler
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 0313298483
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Student's Guide to High School Success written by William J. Ekeler and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1997-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides strategies, tactics, and tools to help African-American junior high and high school students structure successful educational careers. Includes essays by fifteen educators and is supplemented by success stories of contemporary African-American high school students.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780313290893
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Student's Guide to College Success written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers general skills of getting along in college, the personal experiences of several famous people, and the programs available at specific colleges and universities.

Author : J. Luke Wood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134699182
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Men in Higher Education written by J. Luke Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Men in Higher Education bridges theory to practice in order to better prepare practitioners in their efforts to increase the success of Black male students in colleges and universities. In this comprehensive but manageable text, leading researchers J. Luke Wood and Robert T. Palmer highlight the current status of Black men in higher education and review relevant research literature and theory on their experiences in various postsecondary education contexts. The authors also provide and contextualize innovative, actionable strategies and solutions to help institutions increase the participation and success of Black male college students. The most recent addition to the Key Issues on Diverse College Students series, this volume is a valuable resource for student affairs and higher education professionals to better serve Black men in higher education.

Author : Gunnar Fox
Publisher : Kick Ass Media
ISBN 13 : 9780976292876
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kick Ass in College written by Gunnar Fox and published by Kick Ass Media. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expanded second edition of Gunnar Fox's brutally honest and entertaining guide to success in college -- and beyond. Crammed with hundreds of hacks, tips and guerrilla tactics along with snazzy new illustrations by Nick Street to keep the pages turning. Praised by students, parents and professors alike as a great read. The librarian's favorite choice for "reluctant readers."