Overcoming the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women

by Kenneth I. Maton, Monica L. Greene, Freeman A. Hrabowski III, et al.

Book Overview

When Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males appeared in 1998, it was hailed as "a crucial book" (Baltimore Sun) and "undoubtedly one of the most important tools the African American parent can possess" (Kweisi Mfume, President NAACP).
Now, in response to enormous demand, the authors turn their attention to African American young women. Statistics indicate that African American females, as a group, fare poorly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195126424
• ISBN13: 9780195126426
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Reporting a Sucess Story

The previous commentator confuses reporting a success story with self promotion. In addition, she suggests that other students are treated as an after thought. Yet the aggregate data suggests otherwise, as the general average SAT, graduation rate, acceptance rate to premier graduate schools, etc. by "all" students has risen dramatically at UMBC in the past ten years. Dr. Hrabowski hardly needs to do any career saving moves. To the contrary, the Baltimore community is doing everything it can to keep the voracious head hunters at bay as many other universities have been trying to lure him away. I also know Dr, Hrabowski personally and have witnessed him interact with inner city kids and truly inspire them to greater heights. Never have I heard him suggest that others are not able. On the other hand, he is a realist and certainly is aware that life's circumstances have prepared some to be more successful than others. IMHO, Ms. Grayson's book review is at heart an ad hominine attack on one of the leading educators in the nation. She obviously does have an axe to grind.