An Examination of First Year Students’ Perceptions of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) College Environment (66171)
Session Chair: Windy Roberts
Friday, January 6, 2023 (15:10)
Session: Session 4
Room: 321A
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
Issues of engagement are at the forefront for administrators of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Several studies address institutional retentions efforts of 4-year Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs); however, a significant gap exists of research concerning the retention practices, persistence and self-perceptions of HBCU collegiate Freshmen students. This study assists policy makers, higher education administrators, institutional researchers, and program directors in regards to the best practices of programs that promote persistence at HBCUs. Guided by C. Robert Pace’s “Quality of Effort Theoretical Framework”, this study was conducted to examine the differences, that exists, among institutional retention efforts at one public HBCU in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Additional comparisons were examined among other collegiate institutions that belonging to the State Higher Education Association; and, other peer HBCUs in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) metropolitan region. This study analyzed the self-perceived gains reported on the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), regarding how first students’ felt about their experiences relating to the college environment and their interaction with faculty. To address the research questions of this study, an analysis of pre-existing data was used to address two groups of dependent variables (perceptions of the college environment, quality of effort with faculty). The independent variables were first-time, first-year HBCU Freshmen Students. The results of the study indicate that significant differences exist among the perceptions of sampled groups (Regional HBCUs and USM Students); and, the affinity of First Year students’ perceptions of the HBCU.
Authors:
William Johnson, Bowie State University, United States
Barbara Smith, Bowie State University, United States
About the Presenter(s)
Dr William Johnson is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Bowie State University, United States
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