Preface

Abstract

This sixth volume in the Diversity in Higher Education Series is the first of two that specifically addresses the subject of the disproportional decline of Black American males in higher education. As editors, the three of us viewed this topic as so critical and in need of more acknowledgment regarding its serious nature. Though we initially wanted to publish such a volume a year earlier, all three of us had position changes and subsequent workloads that interfered with our devoting time to the project; however, we kept receiving queries as to when could there be an expected publication date for this volume. Given the consistent interest and encouragement, and our own internal need to finish the volume, we forged ahead. This volume and the following one were compelling projects that we sought to complete in spite of the many competing factors for our time. The result is a volume that we believe is better than what we would have produced a year ago.

Citation

Frierson, H.T., Pearson, W. and Wyche, J.H. (2009), "Preface", Frierson, H.T., Pearson, W. and Wyche, J.H. (Ed.) Black American Males in Higher Education: Diminishing Proportions (Diversity in Higher Education, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. xiii-xiv. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3644(2009)0000006004