They come from different cultural backgrounds, but male students of color, of any race, often face the same challenges in college.
That’s what the authors of a College Board report released on Monday, “The Educational Experience of Young Men of Color,” concluded from interviews with and data collected from 92 male college and high-school students across the country.
The students, who were designated in the study as African-American, Native American, Asian-American or Pacific Islander, or Hispanic or Latino, attended high school, four-year colleges, two-year colleges, or nontraditional or for-profit institutions, and they varied widely in age. But with great frequency they reported dealing with stereotypes, with the pressure to support their communities or families, with money problems, or with a feeling of alienation from their campus.
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