[DEOC] Fwd: Black and Brown Male-Identifying Student Excellence Convening

[Sophia Agtarap]

Dear DEOC:

Greetings!

Sharing a survey that is also going out to the Instructional Commission and the Student Services Commission.

This survey has been a few months in the making and an attempt to understand and identify success strategies designed to address the needs and challenges of Black and Brown male-identifying students.

The hope is that we can convene a gathering in the near future to exchange learnings and practices with one another. This is not to duplicate work already happening through events like the Black Male Academic Achievement Conference or the Black and Brown Summit, but to get a sense of who in the system has initiatives and supports dedicated to Black and Brown male student success and identify any support SBCTC and others in the system can provide.

peace,
sophia

Sophia Kristina R. Agtarap (she/siya)

Director, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges


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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 student completion rates for first time students are at 14%, compared to 21% for all male 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 January 22. You can access the survey here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Black_and_Brown_Male-Identifying_Student_Excellence_Convening

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 at sbctc.edu<mailto:sagtarap at sbctc.edu>
Monica Wilson, Director, Student Success Center, mwilson at sbctc.edu<mailto:mwilson at sbctc.edu>
Summer Kenesson, Director, Policy Research, SBCTC skenesson at sbctc.edu<mailto:skenesson at sbctc.edu>

If you have technical questions or need assistance or accommodations to complete the survey, please contact Summer Kenesson, Director, Policy Research, SBCTC skenesson at sbctc.edu<mailto:skenesson at sbctc.edu>

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

-The Planning Team


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Summer Kenesson (she/her)
Director, Policy Research
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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