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Freeman A. Hrabowski, III


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

VIDEO
President Hrabowski on MPT's Direct Connection

BOOKS
Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males, with Geoffrey Greif & Kenneth Maton, 1998, Oxford University Press. (Focuses on parenting and high-achieving African American males in science)

Overcoming the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women, with Geoffrey Greif, Kenneth Maton, & Monica Greene, Oxford University Press, 2002. (Focuses on parenting and academically successful African American females in science)

JOURNAL ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS
"A President's Perspective on EDUCAUSES 'Grand Challenges,' " in EDUCAUSE Review, July/August 2007, pp. 6-7 (PDF)

“Moral Leadership: Promoting High Achievement Among Minority Students in Science,” in University Presidents As Moral Leaders, edited by David G. Brown, Praeger Press, 2006, pp. 135-142.

“Preparing Minority Scientists and Engineers,” with Michael F. Summers, Science, Vol 311, March 31, 2006, pp. 1870-1871.*

“Presidential Leadership in the Academy: Promoting High Achievement Among Minority Students,” in The Black Professional’s Guide to Career Success, edited by Vernon Farmer, Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, Connecticut (in press).

“Fostering First-Year Success of Underrepresented Minorities,” in Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student: A Handbook for Improving the First Year of College, edited by John Gardner, M. Lee Upcraft, Betsy Barefoot, Jossey-Bass, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., San Francisco, 2005.

“University Outreach and Engagement: Responding to a Changing World,” in Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Volume 10, Number 1, Fall 2004, pp. 15-28.

“Increasing the Number of African American Ph.D.s in the Sciences and Engineering: A Strengths-Based Approach,” with Kenneth Maton, American Psychologist, 547-556, American Psychological Association, September, 2004.

“Leadership for a New Age: Higher Education’s Role in Producing Minority Leaders,” Liberal Education, Vol. 90, No.2, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Spring, 2004.

“Closing the Achievement Gap in Science and Mathematics,” Educational Leadership, December/January, 2003.

“Achieving Academic Success in Graduate School,” in Vernon L. Farmer (Ed.), The Black Student’s Guide to Graduate and Professional School Success, 243-245, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 2003.

“Postsecondary Minority Student Achievement: How to Raise Performance and Close the Achievement Gap,” The College Board Review, No. 195, Winter, 2002.

“African-American College Students Excelling in the Sciences: College and Post-College Outcomes in the Meyerhoff Scholars Program,” with Kenneth I. Maton and Carol L. Schmitt, Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Volume 37, 629-654, 2000. *

“The Meyerhoff Scholars Program: Producing High-Achieving Minority Students in Science,” with Michael F. Summers, Biophysical Society Newsletter, September, 2000.

"African American Mothers of Academically Successful Sons: Familial Influences & Implications for Social Work," with Geoffrey L. Greif and Kenneth I. Maton, Children and Schools, 22, 232-245, 2000. *

“Educating Teachers for the 21st Century: Lessons Learned,” with Diane M. Lee and John S. Martello, Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 68, No.3 (Summer 1999), Howard University, 2000.

 

 

 


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President Hrabowski on the Today Show (9/09)

VIDEO: President Hrabowski on MPT's Direct Connection

2009 Convocation Address

2009 State of the University Address

EDUCAUSE Keynote: UMBC's Technology Leadership

Awards

Media

Selected Speeches

Selected Publications