Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1: Issues and ideas -- African American college men: twenty-first-century issues and concerns / Michael J. Cuyjet -- Enhancing the academic climate for African American men / Fred A. Bonner II and Kevin W. Bailey -- The impact of campus activities on African American college men / Charles Brown -- Enhancing African American male student outcomes through leadership and active involvement / Shaun R. Harper -- Developmental mentoring of African American college men / E. Michael Sutton -- The role of spirituality and religion in the experiences of African American male college students / Lemuel W. Watson -- The role of black fraternities in the African American male undergraduate experience / Shaun R. Harper and Frank Harris III -- African American male college athletes / Kenya LeNoir Messer -- African American gay men: another challenge for the academy / Jamie Washington and Vernon A. Wall -- African American men at historically black college and universities: different environments, similar challenges / Walter M. Kimbrough and Shaun R. Harper -- Meeting the challenges to African American men at community colleges / Myron L. Pope -- Helping African American men matriculate: ideas and suggestions / Michael J. Cuyjet -- 2: Profiles of some successful programs -- Student African American brotherhood / Tyrone Bledsoe and Kevin D. Rome, Sr. -- Meyerhoff scholarship program: University of Maryland, Baltimore County / Earnestine Baker -- The black man on campus (BMOC) project: Bowling Green State University, Ohio / Kevin W. Bailey -- Black men's collective: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey / Christopher C. Catching -- Black male rap session: University of Louisville / Edward Laster -- African American men of Arizona State University (AAMASU) / Alonzo Jones and Lasana O. Hotep -- Sons of Alkebulan and the black man think tank: University of North Texas / Pamela Safisha Nzingha Hill -- It's easier than you think: Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio / Tobias Q. Brown and Amanda A. Farabee -- The Collegiate 100: an affiliate organization of the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. / Christian A. Mattingly and Carl Humphrey.