A Critical Race Feminist Analysis of Men of Color Matriculating into a Higher Education Doctoral Program

In Fall, 2012, the Loyola University Chicago Higher Education program faculty admitted a doctoral cohort of 5 men of color. This article is a reflexive and reflective autoethnography that explores the college choice processes of 5 doctoral men of color through a Critical Race Feminist perspective. The faculty program chair's narrative supplements this autoethnography and explores the recruitment and decision-making processes that informed the selection of this cohort. We offer implications for practice regarding recruitment of this population in doctoral education. These implications include critically analyzing higher education admission norms toward diversifying the student body, increasing faculty diversity, and creating strong mentoring opportunities.