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Black Students and their Families

What Leads to Success in College

Virginia Tech

Joan B. Hirt

Virginia Tech

There is a wealth of research on Black college students and a second body of literature on Black families, but studies on the relationship between Black college students and their families are very limited. This project investigated the role of families in the lives of successful Black college students. The results suggest a model of eight connections between students and families that can be conceptualized in three stages.

Key Words: college students • families • persistence

Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 34, No. 4, 489-513 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0021934703258762


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