The Place of Black Cultural Centers in the Lives of African American Undergraduate Male Students in Predominantly White Institutions

Autor/in	Okwudi, Elizabeth Zika
Titel	The Place of Black Cultural Centers in the Lives of African American Undergraduate Male Students in Predominantly White Institutions
Quelle	(2021), (201 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Cleveland State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-7806-4794-2
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Blacks; Males; African American Students; Cultural Centers; Institutional Characteristics; Whites; Disproportionate Representation; Student Attitudes; Academic Persistence; Educational Attainment; Undergraduate Students; College Graduates + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Black person; Schwarzer; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Cultural center; Cultural centre; Cultural centres; Kulturzentrum; White; Weißer; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin
Abstract	African American (also called Black American, or Black) students? performance in higher educational institutes reveal critical issues concerning their matriculation through higher education. A 2014 report by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on cohorts of university students from 2004 to 2007 showed the graduation rate of Black students was 20 percent while White students? graduation rate during the same period of time was 40 percent. African American male students had the lowest graduation rate; of all African American males who enrolled in four-year higher education institutions from 2007 to 2013, only 8 percent graduated (www.nces.ed.gov). To support African American students, Black Cultural Centers (BCCs) also called African American Cultural Centers, were instituted around 1960 as supportive entities for Black students on many higher education predominantly White institutions (PWIs). However, in spite of the advent of BCCs on college and university campuses, the high dropout rate among the college Black student populations in predominantly White institutions (especially male students) has persisted (Harkavy & Hodges, 2012).The purpose of this study was to examine the perspectives of African American undergraduate male students in an urban predominantly White institution campus (PWI) to explore how (or if at all) the Black Cultural Center prepared and assisted them in negotiating the barriers posed by the PWI?s campus-cultures and enabled them to achieve academic success. The use of instrumental case study qualitative research approach including semi-structured interviews, and study of archival documents provided insight and in-depth understanding of the issue. It revealed the answer to the overarching research question: In the context of PWIs, what meaning do African American male students enrolled in higher education give to the Black Cultural Centers or African American Cultural Centers? The sample of five student-participants and three staff-participants (reduced from 12 participants due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic) included current Black male students, and Black male alumni who were users of this specific PWI?s on-campus Black Cultural Center. Findings answered the guiding research questions and led to recommendations for enhancement of the Center's contribution to the success rate of African American male students in the PWI, while contributing to current literature. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01