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Exploring Sense of Belonging Among First-Generation College, Second-Generation Immigrant Students
Title
Exploring Sense of Belonging Among First-Generation College, Second-Generation Immigrant Students
Author
Brais, Sayde
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Education, Higher, Educational leadership, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of four-year university and college students identifying as first-generation in college (FGC) and second-generation immigrant (SGI) in the United States., with a focus on a sense of be...
FROM ROOTS TO STAR TREK: A CASE STUDY ON SUCCESSFUL PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ENGINEERING MAJORS
Title
FROM ROOTS TO STAR TREK: A CASE STUDY ON SUCCESSFUL PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ENGINEERING MAJORS
Author
McGee, Marquis
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Engineering, Education, Higher, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
The United States is competing on a global level for jobs in the STEM fields but retention and graduation rates in the engineering disciplines are lower than desired. African American males make up 5 % of the population of American colleges and un...
To Be Young, Black, and Resilient: Navigating a Predominantly White University
Title
To Be Young, Black, and Resilient: Navigating a Predominantly White University
Author
Strickland, Jasmine
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Education, Higher, Ethnology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
The current study examines how Black undergraduate students at a predominantly White university respond to the racism they encounter on campus. Specifically, the case study seeks to identify (a) the response strategies that Black undergraduate stu...
WHO I AM IN STEM: BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENT, AND A STEM MAJOR
Title
WHO I AM IN STEM: BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENT, AND A STEM MAJOR
Author
Dounebaine, Yolanda
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Education, Higher, Science--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
This qualitative research study utilized the stories of ten African American community college STEM transfer students to explore STEM identity formation, the role race played in this identity formation, the educational experiences that influenced ...