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Asking the Unasked Question

Asking the Unasked Question. Why Can’t more Men of Color Graduate? Dr. Alissa Gardenhire Kendrick T. Roundtree, M.S. RADalyst, LLC Black, Brown, and College Bound March 1, 2012. Our Corporate Mission: Black Male Graduation.

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Asking the Unasked Question

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  1. Asking the Unasked Question Why Can’t more Men of Color Graduate? Dr. Alissa Gardenhire Kendrick T. Roundtree, M.S. RADalyst, LLC Black, Brown, and College Bound March 1, 2012

  2. Our Corporate Mission: Black Male Graduation • A radical catalyst for change in the educational lives of underrepresented students in higher education.

  3. RADalyst, LLC • Alissa D. Gardenhire, Ph.D. • Principal and Director of Research and Evaluation • Harvard Doctorate in Urban Planning • 20+ Years Social Science Research and Evaluation Experience • Author, “Terms of Engagement: Men of Color in Community College” • CCSSE’s National Advisory Committee on Improving Outcomes for Men of Color in Community Colleges • Student mindset and belief transformation expert • Kendrick T. Roundtree, M.S. • Principal and Director of Programming Communications • Masters of Human Services, Organizational Management and Leadership • 20+ years experience in the Human Services field • Adjunct faculty at Springfield College • Coordinator of supported services to males of color

  4. Presentation Overview • Where is the emphasis on graduation for males of color on the community college campus? • In institutions, colleges, the system? • In programming, supports, and services? • In the men themselves? • What are innovative responses to the graduation crisis of men of color?

  5. First: Consider the System • Community colleges are attractive to men of color • Is there an institutional narrative for graduation and success for men of color in community college? • How do/don’t community colleges support Black and Latino male graduation?

  6. Second: Consider the Services • What is the true purpose of • General Advising Services • Supported Programming for Men of Color • How do/don’t general and targeted services support Black and Latino male graduation?

  7. Third: Consider the Students • Motivation • Engagement • Behavior • Beliefs • How do/don’t the students support their own graduation?

  8. RADalyst Approach • Using social science theories, tools, and assessments that have not been applied to this underrepresented student population. • Manhood • Stereotype Threat • Positive Psychology • GRIT Assessment • Fixed vs. Growth Mindset Theories • Person centered with strong success messaging

  9. System Level Solutions • Graduation Mindset™ helps institutions establish the following: • Access is the starting place, graduation is the victory • Institutional indoctrination of a success expectation from men of color • Emphasis on cultural competency • Use of evidence based practices • Adequate resource allocation

  10. Services Level Solutions • For existing programs and faculty and staff • Reframe notions of men of color as college students • Men of color as capable students, rejection of deficit-based models • Graduation Mindset™ Cultural Competency Training • Graduation focused program and services assessments

  11. Student Level Solutions • Develop internal motivation for graduation • Students as true partners in service development • Break association with low societal standards • Reframe beliefs about Black and Latino male scholarship

  12. RADalyst Projects • Graduation Mindset™ Program Assessment • Graduation Mindset™ Cultural Competency Professional Development Training • Graduation Mindset™ Student Program

  13. Contact RADalyst • www.RADalyst.com • Alissa D. Gardenhire • alissa@radalyst.com • Kendrick T. Roundtree • kendrick@radalyst.com • Blog: www.radalyst.wordpress.com

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