What Factors Support Degree Completion For African American Women Students At A Land-Grant Historically Black College University (HBCU)?
There is minimal research conducted on African American women degree completion who attend a land-grant HBCU. This study investigated key factors that assisted 9 African American women and promoted their degree attainment. My research utilized the ethnography framework to observe a specific culture group, language, behaviors beliefs, and beliefs. The findings in this research identified 5 factors: culture environment, academic advising, student engagement, financial aid, and faculty mentoring. It was determined that cultural environment is a leading factor among the African American participants of this research, as connecting with peers that shared the same cultural beliefs as the participants do, and having faculty that looked like them was significant and contributed to the participant's degree completion.
African American, Women, Degree Completion, HBCU, Education
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