"We're Drawn to This Place": Black Graduate Students' Engagement with a Black Cultural Center

Autor/in	Hypolite, Liane I.
Titel	"We're Drawn to This Place": Black Graduate Students' Engagement with a Black Cultural Center
Quelle	In: Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 15 (2022) 1, S.86-96 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hypolite, Liane I.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-8926
DOI	10.1037/dhe0000283
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Graduate Students; Learner Engagement; Cultural Centers; Critical Theory; Race; Institutional Characteristics; Whites; Student Experience; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Graduate Study; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Cultural center; Cultural centre; Cultural centres; Kulturzentrum; Kritische Theorie; Rasse; Abstammung; White; Weißer; Studienerfahrung; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This study provides a nuanced look at the experiences of Black graduate students who engage with a Black cultural center (BCC) at a historically White institution in an urban center. Combining the theoretical perspectives of critical race theory and graduate developmental networks, the three main findings unearth how (1) the BCC staff act as developers by diversifying graduate students' networks; (2) the BCC space provides opportunities for community that strengthens network ties; and (3) even though the BCC has taken on additional responsibilities to assist graduate students, a lack of institutional support ultimately burdens the center. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01