Applying the Socio Ecological Outcomes Model to the Student Experiences of Men of Color
Despite the heavy concentration of men of color in US community colleges, theoretical and conceptual models that explain their development and success have been virtually absent from the published scholarship. Consequently, both scholars and practitioners have relied heavily on student success models that prioritize four year institutional contexts and overlook race/ethnicity, gender, and other salient pieces in the student success puzzle for men of color in community colleges. In an effort to address this gap in the body of work on men of color in community colleges, the authors propose the Socio Ecological Outcomes (SEO) model. The SEO model accounts for the primary factors affecting the success of men of color in community colleges, highlighting interactions between societal, environmental, intrapersonal, and campus based factors that influence student success outcomes for these men.