Building the Bridge: Practical Considerations for Student Affairs Practitioners and Faculty to Support Black Students in First Year Seminars

Abstract

Black students are enrolling in college at higher rates than they have ever done in the past. This scholarship provides a new way of thinking and conceptualizing first year seminars for Black student support. The article provides inclusive strategies and practices in the development of faculty and student affairs advisors as they support student learning and development.

Keywords

• first year seminars
• Black students
• transition