Introduction: The state of empirical research on African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn
Knowing God, knowing self: African American college students and spirituality / Dafina Lazarus Stewart
Choosing college as a life or death decision: first-generation African American women's reflections on college choice / Rachele Winkle-Wagner
Buoyant believers: resilience, self-efficacy, and academic success of low-income African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn
Focusing on achievement: African American student persistence in the academy / Fred Bonner II
Triple threat: challenges and supports of black gay men at predominantly white campuses / Terrell L. Strayhorn, Amanda M. Blakewood, and James M. DeVita
Challenges and supports of student-to-student interactions: insights on African American collegians / Belinda B. McFeeters
"A home away from home": black cultural centers as supportive environments for African American collegians at white institutions / Terrell L. Strayhorn ... [et al.]
The uniqueness of an HBCU environment: how a supportive campus climate promotes student success / Robert T. Palmer and Estelle Young
College-bound sons: exploring parental influences on the pre-entry attributes of black males / Darryl B. Holloman and Terrell L. Strayhorn
Mentoring and African American undergraduates' perceptions of academic success / Tonya N. Saddler
New directions for future research on African American collegians / Terrell L. Strayhorn.