The success of African American STEM majors at HBCUs

Forbes, Danielle Colleen

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Description

Title

The success of African American STEM majors at HBCUs

Author(s)

Forbes, Danielle Colleen

Issue Date

2016-04-21

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

• Hood, Denice W.
• Trent, William

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

• Hood, Denice W.
• Trent, William

Committee Member(s)

• Pak, Yoon
• Welton, Anjalé

Department of Study

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Discipline

Educational Policy Studies

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

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

Abstract

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.

Graduation Semester

2016-05

Type of Resource

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Copyright 2016 Danielle Forbes

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