A Role For Policymakers in Improving the Status of Black Male Students in U.S. Higher Education

The report, A Role for Policymakers in Improving the Status of Black Male Students in U.S. Higher Education, recommends that policymakers at all levels play a more active role in ensuring that Black male students have viable opportunities to attend and complete postsecondary degree programs. The report was written by Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D., associate professor in the Graduate School of Education and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at the University of Pennsylvania. The report’s co-author is Frank Harris III, Ed.D., associate professor in the College of Education and co-director of the Minority Male Community College Collaborative (also known as M2C3) at San Diego State University.