Purpose Black and Latino males face challenges to college-going that may alter their decision to attend college. However, many Black and Latino males have successfully enrolled and matriculated through college. This study aims to explore the precollege factors that influenced the college enrollment and persistence for first generation Black and Latino male collegians (N = 5) at a predominantly white institution located in the Northeastern area of the USA. Two major themes (i.e., pre-college barriers and pre-college facilitators) along with several subthemes emerged from the data. The authors discuss recommendations for teachers, school counselors, and administrators in assisting Black and Latino males prepare for enrollment and persistence in college. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approached was used for this research study. A focus group was incorporated because it enabled participants to discuss their experiences in a single setting with other participants with similar backgrounds and thus through contrast and group dialogue vital insights related the phenomena of interest can be identified (Kitzinger, 1995). Individual interviews were conducted to engage in a more in-depth data collection process with the participants in a one-one-setting. Findings Pre-college barriers and pre-college facilitators were the major themes of this research study. The subthemes originated from the frameworks of Community Cultural Wealth (Yosso, 2005) and Constellation Mentoring (Kelly and Dixon, 2014). Originality/value The paper will contribute to the research literature, as the authors are exploring the experiences of Black male collegians from a Northeastern PWI. There is a dearth of literature in this area of research.

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目的黑人和拉丁裔男性面临上大学的挑战，这可能会改变他们上大学的决定。但是，许多黑人和拉丁裔男性已经成功地通过大学入学并入学。这项研究旨在探讨影响美国东北地区一家以白人为主的机构的第一代黑人和拉丁裔男同事（N = 5）的大学入学率和毅力的因素。数据中出现了两个主要主题（即大学预科障碍和大学预科促进者）以及几个子主题。作者讨论了对教师，学校辅导员和管理人员的建议，以帮助黑人和拉丁裔男性为入学和持久性大学做准备。设计/方法/方法本研究采用定性方法。成立了焦点小组，是因为它使参与者能够与具有类似背景的其他参与者在单一环境中讨论他们的经历，从而通过对比和小组对话可以确定与感兴趣现象有关的重要见解（Kitzinger，1995）。进行了一次个人访谈，与参与者进行了一对一的交流，以进行更深入的数据收集过程。研究结果大学前的障碍和大学前的促进者是本研究的主要主题。这些子主题源自社区文化财富（Yosso，2005）和星座指导（Kelly and Dixon，2014）的框架。独创性/价值本文将为研究文献做出贡献，因为作者正在探索来自东北PWI的黑人男性同事的经历。