Researchers Discuss Role of HBCUs in Supporting School-age Black Males - Higher Education: PHILADELPHIA – During a panel session at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), several prominent researchers on African-American males highlighted strategies and policies to improve the Black male experience in preK-12 schools and in postsecondary contexts, including at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
The session, titled “Plotting the Path to Historically Black Colleges and Universities for School-Age Black Males,” was sponsored by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and included Drs. Jerlando F. L. Jackson, James L. Moore III, Chance W. Lewis, Lamont A. Flowers and Ivory A. Toldson, deputy director of the initiative.
“In addressing many of these issues, it is important to conduct research and implement best practices designed to help school-age Black males develop confidence in their academic abilities,” said Flowers, the Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and the Executive Director of the Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education at Clemson University.
