Strengthening the African American Educational Pipeline -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: A Systematic Analysis of theAfrican American Educational Pipeline to Inform Research, Policy, and Practice -- Part 1. Pre-K-12 Schools -- 1. The Forgotten Link: The Salience of Pre-K-12 Education andCulturally Responsive Pedagogy in Creating Access to Higher Education for African American Students -- 2. Teaching in "Hard to Teach in" Contexts African American Teachers Uniquely Positioned in the African American Educational Pipeline -- 3. Bringing the Gifts That Our Ancestors Gave: Continuing the Legacy of Excellence in African American School Leadership -- Part II. Higher Education -- 4. Descriptive Analysis of African American Students' Involvement in College: Implications for Higher Education and Student Affairs Professionals -- 5. The Status of African American Faculty in the Academy: Where Do we Go from Here? -- 6. A National Progress Report of African Americans in the Administrative Workforce in Higher Education -- Part III. Social Influences -- 7. Securing the Ties That Bind: Community Involvement and the Educational Success of African American Children and Youth -- 8. How African American FamiliesCan Facilitate the AcademicAchievement of Their Children: Implications for Family-Based Interventions -- 9. Addressing the Achievement Gap in Education with the Use of Technology: A Proposed Solution for African American Students -- Conclusion: Reconceptualizing theAfrican American Educational Pipeline: New Perspectives from a Systematic Analysis -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.