What Factors Support Degree Completion For African American Women Students At A Land-Grant Historically Black College University (HBCU)?

<p>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.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Higher Education Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Friar, Samantha

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Nathaniel Cradit
• Dr. Cherie Meador
• Drs.Jamal Scott/ Mia Hardy

• African American
• Women
• Degree Completion
• HBCU
• Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/590

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1635