Black student perceptions of institutional responses to racialized experiences on sense of belonging
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Detric Elijah Robinson (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Beverly Faircloth
Abstract: This qualitative research delves into the perspectives of Black students regarding how predominantly white institutions (PWIs) respond to their racialized experiences and how these responses influence their sense of belonging. The study employs a critical race perspective within a bioecological systems theory framework to explore Black students' racialized experiences and their sense of belonging at a PWI. Ten Black undergraduate students from the same institution, representing diverse demographics, participated in this research, aiming to answer the following research questions: 1. What do Black undergraduate students believe contributes to or threatens belonging for Black students attending a primarily white institution (PWI)? 2. What racialized experiences and structures do Black students recognize are present at primarily white institutions (PWIs)? 3. How do Black undergraduate students perceive PWI responses to address racialized experiences and structures impacting the Black campus community members? 4. How would Black undergraduate students like to be supported through racialized experiences while attending a PWI? The study's findings indicate that Black students tend to hold unfavorable opinions about institutional actions that impacting both their social and academic experiences and belonging is a shared responsibility between students and the institution. The insights from this study led to the development of a conceptual framework, utilizing a bioecological systems perspective, a systems-based inquiry inventory, that can be utilized by higher education practitioners at PWIs to be responsive to elements of their institutional culture, and a series of recommendations for higher education practioners to better support Black students.
Black student perceptions of institutional responses to racialized experiences on sense of belonging
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 2023
- Keywords
- Belonging, Bioecological systems, Black students, PWI, Racialized experiences, Whiteness
- Subjects
- College students, Black $x Attitudes
- Belonging (Social psychology)
- Racism in higher education