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GTC African American Male Leadership Institute

The Purpose of AAMLI

To Retain, Develop, and Graduate Leaders through the following:

• Academic Progress
• Character and Attitude
• Respect and Manhood
• Family Relations
• Accountability
• Responsibility
• Inclusion

Activities of AAMLI

• Academic and Character Assessments
• Tutoring
• Bi-weekly meetings (sessions on self-discovery and development,
• pen discussion, guest speakers, study strategies)
• Advisory Council (Faculty, Staff, Administrators, Community

Leaders)

• MLK Roundtable
• MLK Dream Weekend
• Black Heritage month on GTC
• Annual AAMLI Conference
• Voter Registration Drive
• Immersion Trips
• Community Service
• AAMLI Year-End Summit and Award Ceremony

We Are The Leaders of Tomorrow!!!

Statistics

• African American males in S.C. make up 13.9% of the population (2000

Census).

• Public senior institutions % of first-time freshmen in 2008 who were AA was

7.3% (includes SC State, with State removed total is 4.7% for all other

• institutions. 11.4% were AA females w/ State, 8.9% were AA females w/o

State included).

• Technical Colleges % of first-time freshmen in 2008 who were AA males

was 13.8%, 20.7% were AA females.

• % of total headcount that was AA male in Fall, 2008 in Public Senior

institutions was 7% (State included, with State removed it is 5%. 12.8% were AA females w/ State, 9.6% AA females w/o State).

• % of total headcount that was AA male in Fall, 2008 in Technical Colleges

was 10%. 23.1% were AA females.

• Of bachelor’s degrees awarded in 2007-2008, 5.4% went to AA males

(includes SC State, 4.3% to AA males with State removed. AA females received 10.5% of BA’s including State, 8.5% with State removed.)

• Of associate’s degrees awarded by Technical Colleges in 2007-2008, 6.4%

went to AA males (AA females received 20.5%).

• (Data from SC Commission on Higher Ed. web pages)