Dissertation
Beyond color, beyond name: African American youth perceptions of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and predominately white universities (PWIs)
Washington State University
Doctor of Education (EdD), Washington State University
08/2009
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000005902
Abstract
This qualitative study uses a sample of sixteen African American high school juniors, the school principal, and a school counselor from a predominantly African American high school in North Carolina to explore African American youth perceptions of historically black colleges (HBCUs) and predominantly white institutions (PWIs). This case study applies one on-one interviews and focus group discussions to illustrate that participants perceive historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) as institutions that provide support, entertainment, and Black history and predominately white institutions (PWI) as uncomfortable, inaccessible, and academically demanding institutions that emphasize sports. The results of the study reveal that ideologies of Blackness and Whiteness, influences from the family, and media are the contributing factors in African American youth perceptions of historically black colleges and universities and predominately white institutions.
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- Title
- Beyond color, beyond name
- Creators
- Shiron Velyvette Patterson
- Contributors
- Paula Groves Price (Chair)E. Lincoln James (Committee Member)LESLIE D HALL (Committee Member)Lenoar Foster (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Teaching and Learning
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EdD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 208
- Identifiers
- 99901055033901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation