“Both-And” Support for Black Students: Belonging and Cross-Racial Interaction through Race-Specific Programming

Authors

Ahmmad Brown
Ty-Juana L. Flores, Berklee College of Music

Work Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

Department

Identity-Based Programs

Abstract

Taking a user-centered design approach, this paper documents the development of the Black Scholars Initiative (BSI), a program to support Black students’ belonging and cross-racial interaction at the Berklee College of Music. Three forms of support—Horizontal Support with same-race peers, Vertical Support with same-race faculty, staff, and near-peers, and Extended Vertical Support with different-race faculty and staff—are examined with encouraging results. Implications for developing similar programs to support minoritized students are discussed.

Comments

This article appears in Volume 62, Issue 2 of Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.

Recommended Citation

Brown, Ahmmad and Flores, Ty-Juana L., "“Both-And” Support for Black Students: Belonging and Cross-Racial Interaction through Race-Specific Programming" (2024). Faculty Works.
https://remix.berklee.edu/faculty-works/93