Programs aim to keep Black males in college
Eboni Farmer/NNPA Special Correspondent
Issue date: 11/22/09 Section: Cover
Rin McGrew, information technology support assistant and facility supervisor, said that a lot of the problem is what some Black men are lacking before they get to college. Guidance is not something you get as young man," McGrew said. ³It has to be instilled in you in junior high school, high school, and again in college."
A part of the Nyumburu Black Male Initiative means reaching out to youth at middle schools, high schools and juvenile facilities to prepare them for the college culture. After his third semester at Howard University, Aaron Bradshaw found himself on academic probation because of a low GPA. I blame myself first," Bradshaw said. "I had horrible study habits, I wasn't focused, and I wasn't prepared." Still Bradshaw would like to see a stronger support system for Black men at Howard.
Howard, like other HBCUS, is re working on the problem. In the school of communications, there is the Man Up program, founded in 2005 to focuses on the retention of Black Males. If a male student¹s GPA falls below 2.0, he is required to join Man Up.
"If they need help and we can't give it to them we find it for them, we make sure they get it," said academic advisor Lincoln Brown. Man Up is a platform where they can come to address the issues that they are facing."
A part of the Nyumburu Black Male Initiative means reaching out to youth at middle schools, high schools and juvenile facilities to prepare them for the college culture. After his third semester at Howard University, Aaron Bradshaw found himself on academic probation because of a low GPA. I blame myself first," Bradshaw said. "I had horrible study habits, I wasn't focused, and I wasn't prepared." Still Bradshaw would like to see a stronger support system for Black men at Howard.
Howard, like other HBCUS, is re working on the problem. In the school of communications, there is the Man Up program, founded in 2005 to focuses on the retention of Black Males. If a male student¹s GPA falls below 2.0, he is required to join Man Up.
"If they need help and we can't give it to them we find it for them, we make sure they get it," said academic advisor Lincoln Brown. Man Up is a platform where they can come to address the issues that they are facing."
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