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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Predominantly white institution (PWI)"”.
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The Impact of Retention Efforts on the Collegiate Experience of Students of Color at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI)
<p>This dissertation explored perceptions of thirteen stakeholders who participated in the Minority Orientation Program, a pre-entry initiative focused on retaining students of color at a private, four-year university located in the northeast region of the United States. Situated in Vincent Tinto’s …
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A qualitative study exploring barriers Black college students experience in utilizing mental health services at a predominantly white institution (PWI)
… experiences as Black students in a predominately white institution (PWI). The study implemented semi-structured interviews and focus groups with Eighteen students. The students participated in either a two-series interview process or a focus group that focused on the utilization of mental health …
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BLACK BEYOND MEASURE: AN ANTIDEFICIT EXPLORATION OF CULTURAL CAPITAL WITHIN A NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS (NSBE) CHAPTER AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTION (PWI)
… students have been excluded from Predominately White institutions (PWI) longer than welcomed to attend and matriculate (Harper et al., 2009). Due to this lack of inclusion, African American students' educational experiences often center on academic disparities, inequality of opportunity, and …
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Cultural capital in urban communities as a pathway to engineering at a predominantly white institution: Narratives of African American women in engineering
… women in pursuit of engineering degrees at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI). The three-essay dissertation examines two research questions specifically, 1) As African American girls in urban communities overcome challenging circumstances to succeed in math and science in high school, …
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Predominantly white institution or historically black college/university: Racial composition of school environment and perceived racism on African American students’ college experiences
… study explored how school environment (i.e., predominantly White institution [PWI] vs. historically Black college/university [HBCU]) impacted the hypotheses. All participants completed an online questionnaire. Findings for the key hypotheses of this study were mixed. For example, regardless if …
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A Survey of Minority Students Who Use Retention Program Services at a Predominantly White Institution
… characteristics of those minority students, at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI), who frequently use retention program services versus those who do not frequently use retention program services. Frequent use of retention program was considered to be every other week or more. Infrequent user …
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THE STRUGGLE IS REAL: HOW AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS PERSIST DESPITE BASIC NEEDS CHALLENGES
… while attending a four-year public, urban, predominantly white institution (PWI) in the Mid-Atlantic region. The study addressed two primary research questions: 1) What motivates Black students with basic needs challenges to persist in college? 2) How does experiencing basic needs challenges …
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A Survey of Black Student Perceptions and Attitudes on the Utilization of Academic Retention Programs
… and attitudes of black students attending a predominantly white institution (PWI) concerning student support services designed to assist them in achieving social and academic success. PWIs have established minority retention programs with an overall mission of recruiting and retaining black …
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The Future Is Now: Examining The Black Student College Selection Process
… or who are presently attending college at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI), this study identified and highlighted key factors that influenced the college selection process for Black students attending a PWI. The study also uncovered details relating to the process involved as well as …
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Teaching As A Two-Way Mirror: Marginalized Pre-service Educators and The Impact Of Stereotype Threat in Canada’s Teacher Education
… explore the experiences of racialized TCs at a predominantly White institution (PWI). Participants were recruited through demographic surveys and an adapted version of the Stereotype Vulnerability Scale (SVS; Bullock et al., 2020). Six individuals with elevated SVS scores were selected for …
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The Career Goal-Setting Processes of Black Woman Engineering Majors
… year of a baccalaureate engineering program at a predominantly White institution (PWI) in the southeast. Possible selves theory (Lee and Oyserman, 2009; Strauss, Griffin, and Parker, 2012) served as the framework for the guiding research questions and interview protocol, which were designed to …
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A Praxis of Transformative Care: Centering Historically Resilient Students at a PWI
… obscuring systemic failures. At a predominantly white institution (PWI), historically resilient students, those from diverse backgrounds who have historically endured the structural load of institutional exclusion, carry the compounded weight of navigating systemic barriers while …
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From Counterspaces to Community:A Qualitative Case Study Analysis of Black Community Making at a PWI
… build and maintain a sense of community at a predominantly white institution (PWI). Informed by relational sociological methodology and the conceptual framework of Black placemaking, this study foregrounded the nuanced process of community building, focusing on the interplay between Black …
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White Memory and the (Counter)Stories We Might Tell
White Memory and the (Counter)Stories We Might Tell examines public history narratives to explore how Virginia Tech, a Predominantly White Institution (PWI), tells stories about its relationships with marginalized communities. I ask what we should do with archives that exceed institutional progress …
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A Mixed Method Approach for Assessing the Adjustment of Incoming First-Year Engineering Students in a Summer Bridge Program
For nearly half a century, institutions of higher education have implemented bridge programs in order to increase the retention and graduation rates of at-risk students (Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005). In fact, summer bridge programs (SBPs), which typically occur prior to a student's freshman fall …
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Analyzing the Internal and External Dimensions of Hope in College Students Attending a Predominantly White Institution
… Black students earn fewer degrees than their white and Asian peers, little is known about how hope shapes their motivation and persistence toward degree attainment. The purpose of this three-article dissertation was to explore the cultural and contextual factors that shape the hoper …
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A Comparison of Traditional and Nontraditional Students Attending Historically Black or Predominantly White Institutions
… Black College or University (HBCU) over a Predominantly White Institution (PWI); however, studies have not considered how results might be impacted by student status, traditional vs. nontraditional, or the degree to which a student is considered to be nontraditional (minimally, moderately, …
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How do African American Alumni at Private Predominantly White Institutions Describe and Interpret the Influence of Culturally Responsive Support Spaces on Their Sense of Belonging, Academic Persistence, and Long-term Professional Development with the Institutional Context
… how African American alumni at a private, predominantly White institution (PWI) in the Midwest described and interpreted the influence of culturally responsive support spaces on their sense of belonging, academic persistence, and long-term professional development. Culturally responsive …
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“IT’S LEVELS TO THIS”: BLACK UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE STUDENT PERCEPTIONS REGARDING THEIR LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT IN BLACK STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
… in a Black student organization at a public predominantly White institution (PWI) beyond the freshman year. Understanding how these students are involved, the meaning they make of their participation, and how they simultaneously manage extracurricular activities, and their academic …
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Black Minds Matter: A Phenomenological Inquiry Examining the Prevalence of Racial Trauma Among Black Doctoral Students
<p>Systemic and institutionalized racism is endemic to life in the United States and contributes to the daily marginalization of Black people. While the negative psychological and physiological effects of racism have been well-documented, the notion that racism can be experienced as a trauma is a …
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