New Book Presents Evidence-Based Research for Improving Scholastic Achievement in Young Men of Color
In 2010, Dr. Oscar Dowdell-Underwood sought to reproduce in postsecondary education the academic success he cultivated in his over 40 years of teaching primary and secondary students of color. Focusing on postsecondary men of color, Dr. Dowdell-Underwood conducted qualitative research among collegiate black males to identify the strongest predictors of scholastic achievement among this group. The results of his study were pivotal, challenging the classic deficit perspective by which society and education relate to young black males. Dr. Dowdell-Underwood found...
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