teaching men of color

dr. j.  luke wood, dr. frank Harris III, Dr. Khalid White

2.1 million students

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Certificate, Degree, Transfer within 6 years:

Exclusively Part-time

Part-timers achieving goals within 6 years

Distance Education Students CA Community Colleges

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71%

"Isolating race helps educators to understand race and simultaneously to develop real solutions to racial achievement disparities."

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Faculty
Counselors
Advisors

All faculty members regardless of their racial/ethnic or gender background can effectively teach men of color.

Common Barriers
Promising Practices
Instructional Leadership

Foundations of Success

factors

• External Pressures
• Racial-Gender Stereotypes
• Male Gender Socialization
• Lack of Preparation for Collegiate Work

"Student success is more a function of the environments created by faculty members than factors relevant to students themselves."

Building relationships

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Promising teaching practices

Strategies that work with educating men of color are in line with strategies that work for all students.

"The work of inner change and the work of outer change are too interconnected to ever separate."

Certificate, Degree, Transfer within 6 years:

In community colleges, only 32.1% and 30.2% of Black and Latino men, respectively will earn a certificate, degree, or transfer to a four-year college within a six-year time frame. (Compared to 39.8% of White and 43.4% of Asian)

Community colleges have and continue to serve as the primary pathway for men of color. 71% of Black and Latino men begin their experiences in public postsecondary education at community colleges.

"Men of color noted very few interactions with faculty outside of class.
Students noted they were more likely to have meaningful and welcoming relationships with maintenance personnel, groundkeepers, and cafeteria members than their faculty members."

relationship building

• Positive Messaging
• Authentic Care
• Intrusive Interventions

Promising teaching practices

• Content Relevancy
• Critical Reflection
• Collaborative Learning
• Performance Monitoring

Criticize Privately,
Praise Publicly

Connect to a Colleague,
vs.
Directing to Support Resources

Collaborative learning can reduce feelings of isolation, alleviate feelings of alienation and develop a sense of mattering and belonging.

Reaching Underserved Students through Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning in the Online Environment