Lexington Books
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978-1-4985-0686-1 • Hardback • October 2015 • $143.00 • (£110.00)
978-1-4985-0688-5 • Paperback • April 2017 • $64.99 • (£50.00)
978-1-4985-0687-8 • eBook • October 2015 • $61.50 • (£47.00)
Jennifer R. Curry is associate dean for Programs and Services and associate professor in the counselor education program at Louisiana State University.
M. Ann Shillingford is assistant professor of counselor education at the College of William & Mary.
Chapter 1: African Americans and Career and College Readiness, Jennifer R. Curry
Chapter 2: Education and Race Case Law and Legislation: The Impact on the Career and College Readiness of African American Students, Jennifer R. Curry & Shandricka E. Jackson
Chapter 3: A Contextualized History of African Americans in Higher Education, Berlisha Morton & Dana Hart
Chapter 4: Holland Codes and STEM Careers: Cultural Values and Individual Interests in Career Development for African American Students, Tristen Bergholtz
Chapter 5: Talent Development as Career Development and College Readiness in Gifted African American Youth, Andrea Dawn Frazier, Jennifer Reidl Cross, & Tracy Cross
Chapter 6: Rigor, Course Choice, and Educational Excellence: Positioning African American Students for Future Success, D’Jalon Jackson
Chapter 7: Supporting the Transition of African American Students with Specific Learning Disabilities into Post-Secondary Education, Sharon DeFur & Elizabeth Auguste
Chapter 8: Financial Literacy and African American Students, M. Ann Shillingford-Butler, Brian Kooyman, & S. Kent Butler
Chapter 9: Employability Skills and Career Development, Ashley Churbock & Lauren Treacy
Chapter 10: African American First Generation College Students, Cyrus Williams, Michael Garrett, & Eric M. Brown
Chapter 11: HBCUs: Relevance in Modern Education, Pamela Harris & Richelle Joe
Chapter 12: PWIs and the African American Experience, Natoya Haskins & Brandee Appling
Chapter 13: Engaging a Discourse of Policy Analysis and Curriculum that Addresses Poverty and Race: Democracy Through a Collective Impact Model, Jessica Exkano
Chapter14: African American Males: A Career and College Readiness Crisis, Christopher T. Belser
Chapter 15: African American Athletes and Higher Education, Linwood Vereen, Nicole R. Hill, & Michelle Lopez
Chapter 16: Navigating Higher Education Through a Wellness Approach, M. Ann Shillingford & Amy Williams
This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the issues undergirding African American students’ vocational and collegiate success. The chapter authors cite current scholarship in the areas of STEM, special education, and educational policy to critically analyze the environmental influences affecting these students’ career readiness and offer evidence-based solutions for school personnel and policy-makers. A must for school counselors, in particular.
— Cirecie A. West-Olatunji, Xavier University of Louisiana
At last someone has addressed the issue of African American youth’s career and college preparation in a comprehensive manner. This volume does an excellent job of addressing why career and college preparation is necessary; especially in light of the barriers African American youth face. What is more, the text provides numerous resources and interventions to support African American youth. This book is a must have for counselors and educators.
— Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado, University of Colorado Denver
The contributors (editors included) of the 16 essays in this collection are in the field of counseling or preparing to enter it. They write about problems that can make it difficult for African American students to make the transition from high school to college—problems related to cultural development, course choice, financial literacy, and wellness support. In the lead essay, Curry notes that pervasive disadvantages for African American high school students include poor support for counselling to direct them to colleges and inadequately rigorous courses in programs leading to college entrance. An interesting comparison arises from two essays that describe the experiences of African American students at, respectively, historically black colleges/universities and predominately white institutions. . . .Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, professionals.
— Choice Reviews