Derrick R. Brooms is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Louisville.

"…injects into the dialogue a voice that is often left out: that of the black male students themselves." — The Chronicle of Higher Education"Well written and informative, this exciting project cuts across many of the strengths of previous publications and fills significant theoretical and methodological gaps by focusing on authentically voiced Black men who are finding and making their way in higher education and in life." — James Earl Davis, coeditor of Educating African American Males: Contexts for Consideration, Possibilities for Practice

• AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Introduction: Making Space to Hear Black Men2. College Aspirations, Expectations, and Concerns: Thinking about and Preparing for College3. College as a Learning Experience: Transitioning to College and College Life4. Being Black, Being Male on Campus: Experiencing the College Environment5. Black Men Emerging: Experiencing Self in College and Engaging Resiliency6. Brotherhood and Bonding: Shared Experiences in Black Male Initiative Programs7. Black Men in College: (Re)Envisioning the TrajectoryAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

Derrick R. Brooms is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Louisville.

"…injects into the dialogue a voice that is often left out: that of the black male students themselves." — The Chronicle of Higher Education"Well written and informative, this exciting project cuts across many of the strengths of previous publications and fills significant theoretical and methodological gaps by focusing on authentically voiced Black men who are finding and making their way in higher education and in life." — James Earl Davis, coeditor of Educating African American Males: Contexts for Consideration, Possibilities for Practice

• AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Introduction: Making Space to Hear Black Men2. College Aspirations, Expectations, and Concerns: Thinking about and Preparing for College3. College as a Learning Experience: Transitioning to College and College Life4. Being Black, Being Male on Campus: Experiencing the College Environment5. Black Men Emerging: Experiencing Self in College and Engaging Resiliency6. Brotherhood and Bonding: Shared Experiences in Black Male Initiative Programs7. Black Men in College: (Re)Envisioning the TrajectoryAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

Derrick R. Brooms is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Louisville.

"…injects into the dialogue a voice that is often left out: that of the black male students themselves." — The Chronicle of Higher Education"Well written and informative, this exciting project cuts across many of the strengths of previous publications and fills significant theoretical and methodological gaps by focusing on authentically voiced Black men who are finding and making their way in higher education and in life." — James Earl Davis, coeditor of Educating African American Males: Contexts for Consideration, Possibilities for Practice

• AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Introduction: Making Space to Hear Black Men2. College Aspirations, Expectations, and Concerns: Thinking about and Preparing for College3. College as a Learning Experience: Transitioning to College and College Life4. Being Black, Being Male on Campus: Experiencing the College Environment5. Black Men Emerging: Experiencing Self in College and Engaging Resiliency6. Brotherhood and Bonding: Shared Experiences in Black Male Initiative Programs7. Black Men in College: (Re)Envisioning the TrajectoryAppendixNotesReferencesIndex