Black and Brown Male - Identifying Student Excellence Convening

SBCTC is in the planning phase of a student excellence convening focused on supporting educational attainment among Black and Brown male-identifying students.

Postsecondary attainment by Black and Brown male-identifying people is one of the most pressing and complex issues in American higher education. Not only have low rates of retention and credential completion been visible in the national data for decades, but efforts and interventions have produced few solutions. Even fewer of these solutions have been replicated at scale beyond single institutions, and consequently there has been little change in the postsecondary success for Black male-identifying students. In our Washington state community and technical college system, Black male-identifying completion rates for first time students are at 14%, compared to 21% for all male-identifying students, and 23% for all students.

‘This is attributable, at least in part, to the deficit orientation that is constantly reinforced in media, academic research journals, and educational practice. To increase their educational attainment, the popular one-sided emphasis on failure and low-performing Black male undergraduates must be counterbalanced with insights gathered from those who somehow manage to navigate their way to and through higher education, despite all that is stacked against them.’

Black Male Student Success in Higher Education: A Report From the National Black Male College Achievement Study. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education.

This convening is aimed at identifying, understanding, and sharing strategies for student excellence that are designed for the specific needs and challenges of Black and Brown male-identifying students. This is not to say that these strategies would not also potentially benefit other students, or that these strategies should inherently be crafted and implemented solely with Black and Brown male-identifying students in mind. However, with recognition of the unique and ongoing challenges that Black and Brown male-identifying students face, this convening is specifically focused on strategies for this particular group of students.

We invite you to complete the following short survey to assist us in the planning of a convening on Black and Brown male identifying student excellence convening. Please feel free to forward this survey to others at your institution that you feel may be best placed to respond. Note that while all responses will be kept confidential to the planning team and used solely for the purposes of planning the convening, we may follow up with respondents for more information. This survey will remain open until September 15, 2023. If you have any questions about the survey or the convening, please feel free to contact the planning team:

Sophia Agtarap, Director or Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, SBCTC, sagtarap@sbctc.edu

Monica Wilson, Director, Student Success Center, mwilson@sbctc.edu

Summer Kenesson, Director, Policy Research, SBCTC skenesson@sbctc.edu

If you have technical questions or need assistance or accommodations to complete the survey, please contact Summer Kenesson, skenesson@sbctc.edu.

Thank you for your time to complete the survey. Your contributions are valued and appreciated.

-The Planning Team

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* 1. Please provide your name.

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* 2. Please provide your email address.

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* 3. Please provide your college.

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* 4. What, if any, initiatives or programs is your college currently implementing and/or planning to implement that support student excellence among Black and Brown male-identifying students?

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* 5. If your college is not currently implementing or planning initiatives or programs focused on student excellence of Black and Brown male-identifying students, or if your college could be engaged in this work more fully, to what extent is there potential for this work to become a stronger focus for your college in the near future?

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Do you have anything to add about your answer?

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* 6. As we plan the convening, are there particular topics, challenges, or strategies you would like us to cover? Are there strategies you’ve seen or heard about in other parts of the country or in other educational systems that you would like to learn more about?

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* 7. How likely would you be to attend a convening on this topic, assuming the day, time, and location were convenient?

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Is there anything you would like to suggest about scheduling or location?

Black and Brown Male - Identifying Student Excellence Convening

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* 1. Please provide your name.

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* 2. Please provide your email address.

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* 3. Please provide your college.

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* 4. What, if any, initiatives or programs is your college currently implementing and/or planning to implement that support student excellence among Black and Brown male-identifying students?

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* 6. As we plan the convening, are there particular topics, challenges, or strategies you would like us to cover? Are there strategies you’ve seen or heard about in other parts of the country or in other educational systems that you would like to learn more about?

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* 7. How likely would you be to attend a convening on this topic, assuming the day, time, and location were convenient?

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* 8. Is there anything else you would like to consider on the topic of a convening on student excellence of Black and Brown male-identifying students?