Anthony Hancock

Community Colleges and Black Males Anthony Hancock

Black males continue to struggle when faced with the challenges of seeking and completing a college education. Moreover, as with every promising Black male community college student, there are barriers to retention and completion. Most studies purport that while strides have been made over the past 25 years, Black males are performing at significantly lower levels than their White and Asian counterparts, nationally. Despite these barriers, many Black male students make it to college. However, they often have difficulty remaining in the educational pipeline long enough to complete their certificates and/or degrees. Although, there are many quality community college and university programs designed to increase the overall success of students "prior to" and "during" enrollment, unfortunately, many colleges that facilitate outreach and retention efforts do little by way of accountability. Statistical monitoring for evaluation purpose is mixed. Adequate records of how Black males are performing in and apart from college are important for educational leaders as many consider developing focused programs for minority sub-group participation, engagement, and success. College Dean and Workforce exponent, Dr. Anthony Hancock uses a mixed method approach to examine Black males' perspectives versus institutional engagement strategies relative to participation, engagement, and successes that influence Black Males Men on the Move program at St. Philip's College. Moreover, the study investigated outreach and retention efforts for Black males that were developed by the St. Philip's College Men of Honor program compared to the general Black male population.