num_pages: 224
description: This timely volume brings together a roster of experienced educators and researchers to address the African American achievement gap in higher education. The text provides an overview of recent research on the learning characteristics of African American university students and uses those findings to identify major issues and to foster new and productive inquiry and educational activities. Encompassing both traditional and virtual classrooms, the authors provide research-based strategies that higher-education faculty can use to design courses, pedagogy, and assessments that reach out to all learners in a fair and equitable manner. To help universities close the achievement gap, this 
language: English
title: Closing the African American Achievement Gap in Higher Education
titlecomplete: Closing the African American Achievement Gap in Higher Education
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Teachers College Press