Organizational Alienation and Minority Students

This study investigated levels of alienation between minority and non minority college students. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected through a survey instrument and interviews in two different academic contexts, a public state university and a private, Catholic university in Pennsylvania.</p><p> A total of 255 surveys and two interviews from each institution indicated that minority students belonging to the private university experienced higher levels of alienation compared to non minority students. However, the minority students from the public university did not report high levels of alienation.</p><p> The powerlessness component of alienation is the most salient in this study, along with the independent variables race, school location, year in school, activity participation, and student status. Overall, 30% minority students sampled experienced alienation. The consequences of alienation are measurable.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy

Year dc:date.available

2008

Author dc:creator

• Kilchenstein, Danielle

Contributors dc:contributor

• Matthew L. Schneirov, Patricia Dunham

• Academic Discrimination
• Institutional Racism
• Powerlessness
• Meaninglessness
• Social Isolation

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/744

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1760