Black Students: Psychosocial Issues and Academic Achievement.

Preface Afro-American Students and Academic Achievement - Joy Keiko Jamen An Introduction PART ONE: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS RELATED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Prenatal and Postnatal Influences on Cognitive Development - Kathy Sanders Phillips Motivation in Afro-Americans - Sandra Graham Defining Self-Concept as a Dimension of Academic Achievement for Inner City Youth - Gloria Johnson Powell The School Learning Environment and Academic Success - Janice Hale Benson PART TWO: FAMILY AND COMMUNITY FACTORS RELATED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Inner City Social Dislocations and School Outcomes - Roslyn Arlin Mickelson and Stephen Samuel Smith A Structural Interpretation The Community and Academic Achievement - William D Parham and Thomas A Parham The Black Family and Academic Achievement - Louis E Jenkins Academic Success and the School Dropout - Romeria Tidwell A Minority Perspective PART THREE: PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT AND PROGRAMMATIC FACTORS RELATED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION Race Consciousness among African American College Students - Marcia L Hall and Walter R Allen Stress, Well-Being and Academic Achievement in College - Shelly L Prillerman, Hector F Myers and Brian D Smedley What Would We Do if We Loved the Students? - Edward 'Chip' Anderson