Osai, Esohe and Campbell, Shanyce and Maraj, Loius and Scott, Khirsten and Evans-Williams, Jalyn and Fotuhi, Omid and Bañales, Josefina
(2021)
Improving Educational Opportunities for Black Youth in Pittsburgh: A Justice-Centered Intervention.
In: Pitt Momentum Fund 2021.
Abstract
College going and completion is shown to provide substantial tangible (e.g., lifetime wages) and intangible (e.g., critical consciousness) benefits. Yet, Black youth often are excluded from opportunities to access college. For instance, in Pittsburgh, only 16% of Black students earn a college degree while 42% of White students earn a college degree. In response to higher education barriers, Justice Scholars Institute (JSI) was created for Black youth in Pittsburgh. JSI provides college-credit courses and various justice-oriented educational programming, including college preparatory workshops, out-of-school time justice-focused youth development opportunities, and training in justice-focused research. The proposed project uses critical theories and transformative approaches to (1) understand factors that impact Black students' college access opportunities; (2) examine the mechanisms that influence the success of students in JSI; (3) extend the research around designing justice-centered partnerships focused on post-secondary access for Black students; and (4) develop a justice-centered teacher leader collective to support college access opportunities for Black students. Findings from this study will provide greater insight into how educational leaders, universities, and community leaders can create liberatory conditions for Black youth to thrive as global citizens.
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