The purpose of the study is to examine the relationships among graduation of African American males from predominantly White institutions and historically Black colleges and universities and their mathematics self-efficacy, mathematics anxiety, mathematics attitude, deep learning, peer relationships, faculty relationship, major of study, social capital, and life satisfaction after graduation and critical race identity. Mathematics is the most important predictor of academic success at postsecondary institutions. The types of math courses students take in college affect their college graduation and their earning capacity in the job market. Students who take more advanced math classes will learn skills that might be directly applicable to certain jobs, and those learned skills are more strongly correlated with labor market success than other measures of student achievement. Critical race theory is the theoretical framework of this study.

Session Type: Brief Research Report