Successful African American Students: The Role of Parental Involvement

1999 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenfan Yan
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
African American Students ◽  
American Students

Adaptation to college among African American students: The role of trauma and PTSD

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guler Boyraz ◽  
Sharon G. Horne ◽  
Archandria C. Owens ◽  
Aisha P. Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Students ◽  
American Students ◽  
Adaptation To College

Parental Involvement in Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 116-140
Author(s):  
Olivia Patrice-Chante' Miller ◽  
Regina L. Banks-Hall
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Low Income ◽  
African American Students ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
American Students ◽  
Crime Family

This chapter examines the key factors of parental involvement in relation to African-American students' academic success. Researchers identified that school failure is common among low-income African-American youth in the United States. This achievement gap requires a review of areas, such as poverty and crime, family environments, parenting styles, and academic race stereotypes, that could possibly affect African-American's academic achievement. Data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey revealed that opportunities exist in reducing poverty and crime in African-American communities. Additionally, factors such as school-district locations may impact African Americans' perception of education. Most low-income schools lack educational resources to support students with increased learning needs which leads to greater disparities in developmental outcomes. Using social-cognitive theory as a framework, the authors found that increased parental involvement may improve African-American students' self-efficacy for increased academic motivation.

Supporting Latino and African-American Students in Advanced Placement Courses: A School Counseling Program's Approach

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0901300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan H. Ohrt ◽  
Glenn W. Lambie ◽  
Kara P. Ieva
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Advanced Placement ◽  
School Counseling ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
African American Students ◽  
Professional School ◽  
American Students ◽  
Advanced Placement Courses ◽  
Professional School Counselors

Traditionally, Latino and African-American students have been underrepresented in Advanced Placement courses. However, professional school counselors work to remove barriers to all students’ success. This article (a) identifies challenges that Latino and African-American students encounter in accessing Advanced Placement courses, (b) reviews the role of professional school counselors in serving traditionally disenfranchised student populations, and (c) intro-duces a school counseling program's approach to supporting these students and their families.

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