Research by Elon's Faculty Fellow for the Multicultural Center looks at the role of juvenile justice, child welfare and education systems on educational outcomes of African-American men in foster care and residential group homes.
Cherrel Miller Dyce, an assistant professor of education and Faculty Fellow for the Multicultural Center, published an article, “Understanding the Challenges in Order to Increase the Educational Outcomes for At Risk African American Males in Out-of-Home Placements: Residential Group Homes and Foster Care,” in the latest edition of The Urban Review.
In the article, Miller Dyce examines the role of the juvenile justice, child welfare, and education systems on the educational outcomes of African-American males in foster care and residential group homes. Miller Dyce forwards several strategies that educators and other professionals who work with African-American males can use to increase educational achievement and the overall quality of life for African American males.
The article is now available online and a hard copy will be in volume 47(1).