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Recent studies indicate that the enrollment rate of African American males in higher education is declining steadily. Articulated in this report is a descriptive summary of factors that reflect the African American male status in college. Observations on the following topics are offered: (1) the socialeconomic status of the African American male; (2) factors discouraging African American students from entering college; (3) problems African American males encountered in college; and (4) efforts utilized to retain the African American student.
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His professional research publications include articles on: at-risk students; nontraditional students; adult development; and student development theories.
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Littleton, R. Perspectives on the black male college student’s demise in the 1990s: Going, Going, … Gone?. Journal of African American Men 1, 75–82 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692093
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