Critical perspectives on Black students’ success

Abstract

AbstractIn this chapter, we explore the research literature on Black college students’ success and apply critical theoretical frameworks to reimagine how college student educators and administrators can promote a more holistic approach to student success. Scholars and researchers have focused on identifying how and why Black students succeed or not, and have illustrated a number of common experiences Black students endure in traditionally white institutions (TWIs). Less common but centrally important, however, are accounts and interpretations of Black students’ experiences that center Blackness, especially in intersectional ways. We offer three recommendations that stand to inform institutional practices and perhaps inspire continued scholarship related to Black students and their postsecondary success.