ABSTRACT
As discussed throughout this volume, Black males encounter challenges in college that can impede their success (Geiger, 2006; Lundy-Wagner & Gasman, 2011; Provasnik, Shafer, & Snyder, 2004). These challenges are directly and indirectly impacted by both student factors (e.g., help seeking behaviors, selection of major; Palmer, Davis & Hilton, 2009; Palmer & Strayhorn, 2008) and institutional factors (e.g., dilapidated infrastructure, inequitable distribution of funding, campus conservatism, and reduction of remedial programming; e.g., Davis & Palmer, 2010; Harper & Gasman, 2008; Hawkins, 2004; Kimbrough & Harper, 2006; McClure, 2007; Palmer & Davis, in press; Palmer, Davis, & Gasman, in press; Palmer & Griffi n, 2010). Together, these factors create a complex array of considerations needed to address the barriers facing Black males in both historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other types of institutions of higher learning.
