Inside Higher Ed :: For Black Men Only: "At many colleges, “freshman learning communities” have taken hold as a way to make sure more first-year students become second-year students. Participants in these communities live in the same dormitory and take some or all of the same courses. The idea is to integrate students’ academic and non-academic lives, and to create an environment where students will help one another succeed."
The University of West Georgia is among the institutions with such a program. But starting this week, the university is creating a new learning community — for black male students. Typically, freshman learning communities focus on general education or on a specific academic field. At West Georgia, the community for black men is an outgrowth of a professor’s vision for helping black male students improve academically while challenging the negative images of black men that pervade society.
“We have high expectations for students, and we’re telling students not to lower their expectations,” says Said Sewell, an assistant professor of political science who is leading the effort. “This program is about the mentorship of brothers supporting each other.”
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