FRONT COVER -- BLACK FEMALE UNDERGRADUATES ON CAMPUS: SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- YOU GO GIRL!: TRENDS IN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF BLACK WOMEN -- ENROLLMENT -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ANALYZING THE FEMALE ADVANTAGE IN COLLEGE ACCESS AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SELF-ACTUALIZATION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- BLACK WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES WITH RACIAL MICROAGGRESSIONS IN COLLEGE: MAKING MEANING AT THE CROSSROADS OF RACE AND GENDER -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- A WAY OF MAKING IT: BLACK REENTRY FEMALES' SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES TO UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSE OF STUDY & SCOPE OF CHAPTER -- BLACK WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- METHODOLOGY -- FINDINGS -- IMPLICATIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- THE CULTURE OF COMPETITION: IDENTIFYING THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BLACK STUDENT-ATHLETES -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- EXISTING RESEARCH -- APPROACH TO RESEARCH -- DOMESTIC BLACK FEMALE STUDENT-ATHLETES -- INTERNATIONAL BLACK FEMALE STUDENT-ATHLETES -- IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- SENDING AN SOS: HOW SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF BLACK LESBIANS AT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS -- SOCIAL SUPPORT AND LGBT STUDENTS -- BLACK LESBIANS AT PWIS: POTENTIAL DIFFICULTIES IN GAINING SOCIAL SUPPORT -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK(S) -- RESEARCH DESIGN -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH -- IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SPECIAL FOCUS ON STEM FIELDS.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH-ACHIEVING GIRLS: STEM CAREERS AS OPTIONS -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- RESEARCH METHOD AND DESIGN -- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION -- IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- DIFFERENTIAL GENDER OUTCOMES OF CAREER EXPLORATION SESSIONS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN UNDERGRADUATES: AN EXAMINATION OF A COMPUTING SCIENCE OUTREACH EFFORT AT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS -- RELEVANT LITERATURE -- AARCS PROGRAM -- METHOD -- FINDINGS -- CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- PREPARED AND PROGRESSING: BLACK WOMEN IN PHYSICS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- LITERATURE ON UNDERREPRESENTED WOMEN IN STEM -- METHODOLOGY -- FINDINGS -- IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE -- REFERENCES -- HOPING FOR THE UNEXPECTED: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AS STEM EDUCATORS -- LITERATURE -- RESEARCH METHODS -- FINDINGS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.