FRONT COVER -- SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND SERVICES FOR DIVERSE POPULATIONS: CONSIDERING THE INTERSECTION OF RACE, GENDER, AND THE NEEDS OF BLACK FEMALE UNDERGRADUATES -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- DOES STUDENT ENGAGEMENT = POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN COLLEGE STUDENTS? A CURSORY ANALYSIS OF NSSE 2009-2010 DATA -- MICHELLE'S STORY -- TEN YEARS OF NSSE -- THE ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENTS BY RACE AND GENDER -- THE PRESENT STUDY -- DISCUSSION -- DOES ENGAGEMENT = POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN? -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- WORKING AGAINST THE ODDS: THE UNDERGRADUATE SUPPORT NEEDS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- METHODOLOGY -- FINDINGS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CAN I SUCCEED? CHALLENGES AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN FACE IN TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN COLLEGE CLASSROOMS -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- RESEARCH DESIGN -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS -- IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- BURIED TREASURE: COMMUNITY CULTURAL WEALTH AMONG BLACK AMERICAN FEMALE STUDENTS -- RELEVANT LITERATURE -- THEORETICAL LENS -- CONTEXT -- METHODOLOGY -- FINDINGS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- REFERENCES -- BECOMING GROUNDED AND FOCUSED: AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVES ON CHURCH, SPIRITUALITY, RELIGION, AND COLLEGE LIFE -- INTRODUCTION -- SPIRITUAL INFLUENCES ON STUDENT LIFE -- SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION -- OVERALL STUDY -- GATHERING OF DATA -- LIMITATIONS -- AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE UNDERGRADUATES -- SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS CONNECTIONS TO CAMPUS LIFE -- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- BEATING THE ODDS: HOW FIVE NON-TRADITIONAL BLACK FEMALE STUDENTS SUCCEEDED AT AN IVY-LEAGUE INSTITUTION -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- REFERENCES.

''BEIN' ALIVE & BEIN' A WOMAN & BEIN' COLORED IS A METAPHYSICAL DILEMMA'': BLACK FEMALE SOCIAL INTEGRATION AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- METHODS -- FINDINGS -- RACIAL IDENTITY CONFLICT -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- BLACK FEMALES IN HIGHER EDUCATION AT HBCUs: THE PARADOX OF SUCCESS -- INTRODUCTION -- THIRD BURDEN ON CAMPUS -- THE SUCCESSES -- THE PARADOX OF SUCCESS -- RESEARCH SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE EMERGENCE OF WOMEN'S CENTERS AT HBCUs: CENTERS OF INFLUENCE AND THE CONFLUENCE OF BLACK FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGY AND LIBERAL EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- METHODOLOGY -- PROGRAMMING AND BLACK FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGY IN WOMEN'S CENTERS ON HBCUS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES: OVERCOMING CHALLENGES AND SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES -- COMMUNITY COLLEGES -- RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER: CONSIDERING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS -- STUDENT RETENTION IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ILLUMINATING THE EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS IN DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONTEXT -- RATIONALE: WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT FEMALE AFRICAN-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION STUDENTS? -- THE STUDY DESIGN -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION: THE PORTRAIT -- FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES.