Supporting Black Male Community College Success: Determinants of Faculty–Student Engagement

Landing Spaces and Capital: Transfer Resiliency and Knowledge Building Among Latino Men

“…While scholars have documented the experiences of men of color in the community college (Harris III & Wood, ; Vasquez, Vang, Garcia, & Harris, ; Wood & Ireland, ; Xiong & Wood, ), only recently has there been an increase of literature on Latino men within this educational sector (Abrica & Martinez, ; Rodriguez, Massey, & Sáenz, ; Sáenz, Mayo, Miller, & Rodriguez, ; Salinas & Hidrowoh, ; Vasquez & Wood, ). Among these, a handful of peer‐reviewed pieces center the role of family.…”

Black Men’s Perceptions of Sense of Belonging with Faculty Members in Community Colleges

“…Chang (2005), in a comprehensive study of faculty-student interactions in community colleges, found that students are more likely to engage with faculty members if they perceived that faculty encouraged them. In one of the few studies focusing on Black men in community colleges, Wood and Ireland (2014) used the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) (www.ccse.org) to examine 11,384 Black male respondents faculty-student engagement. Utilizing a hierarchical multilevel regression analysis, Wood and Ireland found that learning communities, reading remediation, student skills courses, and participation in orientation were significant predictors of faculty-student engagement.…”

Retention and persistence through the lens of four Black women community college students

“…With regard to Black student persistence in community colleges, there is a growing body of literature examining Black men (Wood & Ireland, 2014;Wood & Turner, 2011;Wood & Williams, 2013); however, the same cannot be said for Black women. One study that was identified investigated the meaning of persistence from the perspective of Black women attending an urban community college (Glavan, 2009).…”

“…Thus, neither may bring about the types of institutional support needed for Black women to succeed as, once again, the needs of women of color broadly and Black women specifically are muted. Although it is well documented that men of color, specifically Black males, attending community colleges are not faring well in education (Flowers, 2006;Hilton, Wood, & Lewis, 2012;Wood & Ireland, 2014;Wood & Turner, 2011) the same cannot be said for Black women. Increased attention on men of color is warranted, but it should not be at the expense of silencing the needs of women of color, specifically Black women.…”

“…year public institutions, three-year graduation rates for Black females were significantly lower and increased much less over that same period. (Flowers, 2006;Wood & Ireland, 2014;Wood & Turner, 2011;Wood & Williams, 2013), there is a dearth of literature that looks at the experiences of Black female community college students as a unique student population (Strayhorn & Johnson, 2014).…”