The success of African American STEM majors at HBCUs

According to the Obama Administration, we need a workforce that is going to be STEM ready because this is the only way that the U.S. will be able to compete on a global level with other nations. However, in order for students to be successful in a major in STEM, they need a supportive environment, smaller class sizes, faculty encouragement and support, tutoring services, peer support and accessibility of office hours (Perna, 2009). Students that attend HBCUs reported that professors at HBCUs go out their way to work directly with STEM students in and outside the classroom (Fries-Bitt, Younger & Hall, 2010). However, African Americans that attend HBCUs graduate in STEM majors at a higher rate than their counterparts at PWIs and are more likely to pursue graduate study.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Policy Studies

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2016

Author dc:creator

• Forbes, Danielle Colleen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hood, Denice W.
• Trent, William
• Pak, Yoon
• Welton, Anjalé

• qualitative
• Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
• success
• African American

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2016 Danielle Forbes

Language dc:language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90772

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/90772